Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall bring thee to honor - There is nothing, a strict life of piety and benevolence excepted, that has such a direct tendency to reflect honor upon a man, as the careful cultivation of his mind. One of Bacon's aphorisms was, Knowledge is power; and it is truly astonishing to see what influence true learning has. Nothing is so universally respected, provided the learned man be a consistent moral character, and be not proud and overbearing; which is a disgrace to genuine literature.
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Proverbs 4:8
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.