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Her sanctuary a desert solitude, her feasts all lament, her sabbaths derided, her greatness brought low! (1 Maccabees 1, 41)
Thus runs my thought: How comes it that I have fallen upon such evil times, such a flood of calamity as now engulfs me; I, that in the days of my greatness loved men well, and was well beloved? (1 Maccabees 6, 11)
What other battles Judas fought, deeds did, greatness achieved, you shall not find set down here; too long the record of them. (1 Maccabees 9, 22)
The lot brings feuds to an end; greatness itself must bow to the lot’s decision. (Proverbs 18, 18)
For the meanest, there may be pardon; for greatness, greater torment is reserved. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 7)
Such blazonings he bore; what meant that long robe of his but the whole world’s orbit, the four rows of gems but the great deeds of our first fathers, the mitre on his head but thy own greatness? (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 24)
Of his master’s sons a prudent servant shall yet be master. Only the fool, that is ill trained, takes punishment amiss; and a fool will never rise to greatness. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 28)
Plume not thyself when thou goest bravely clad, nor pride thyself in thy brief hour of greatness. Of wonder and of praise what else is worthy, but the doings of the most High? And these, how hedged about with secrecy! (Ecclesiasticus 11, 4)
set forth in words the greatness of his power, or go further yet, and proclaim his mercies? (Ecclesiasticus 18, 4)
Glorify him as best you may, glory is still lacking, such is the marvel of his greatness; (Ecclesiasticus 43, 32)
What greatness was Abraham’s, to be the father of so many nations! Where shall we find another that can boast he kept the law of the most High as Abraham kept it? He, too, entered into a covenant with God, (Ecclesiasticus 44, 20)
In that whirlwind Elias was lost to view, bequeathing his spirit of prophecy in full measure to Eliseus. Here was a man that in all his life never held prince in awe, never made way for human greatness. (Ecclesiasticus 48, 13)
