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Louis Segond 1910
Tout travail procure l'abondance, Mais les paroles en l'air ne mènent qu'à la disette.
KJV
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
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