John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Old Testament. (continued) |
| 10133 |
| When I was born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do. 1 |
| Wisdom of Solomon vii. 3. |
| 10134 |
| Observe the opportunity. |
| Ecclesiasticus iv. 20. |
| 10135 |
| Be not ignorant of anything in a great matter or a small. |
| Ecclesiasticus v. 15. |
| 10136 |
| Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss. |
| Ecclesiasticus vii. 36. |
| 10137 |
| Miss not the discourse of the elders. |
| Ecclesiasticus viii. 9. |
| 10138 |
| Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new friend is as new wine: when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure. |
| Ecclesiasticus ix. 10. |
| 10139 |
| He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. |
| Ecclesiasticus xiii. 1. |
| 10140 |
| He will laugh thee to scorn. |
| Ecclesiasticus xiii. 7. |
| 10141 |
| Gladness of heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days. |
| Ecclesiasticus xxx. 22. |
| 10142 |
| Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning. |
| Ecclesiasticus xxxiii. 17. |
| 10143 |
| For of the most High cometh healing. |
| Ecclesiasticus xxxviii. 2. |
| 10144 |
| Whose talk is of bullocks. |
| Ecclesiasticus xxxviii. 25. |
| 10145 |
| These were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of the times. |
| Ecclesiasticus xliv. 7. |
| 10146 |
| There be of them that have left a name behind them. |
| Ecclesiasticus xliv. 8. |
| 10147 |
| Nicanor lay dead in his harness. |
| 2 Maccabees xv. 28. |
| 10148 |
| If I have done well, and as is fitting,… it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. |
| 2 Maccabees 38. |
| Note 1. See Pliny, Quotation 6. [back] |