| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | 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. |
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