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Out on the man that takes his life in his hands and comes between another’s sheets! There is none to witness it, thinks he; (Ecclesiasticus 23, 25)
Follow the Lord, and it shall be thy renown; a long life is the reward it shall bring thee. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 38)
From me comes every grace of faithful observance, from me all promise of life and vigour. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 25)
he who reads my lesson aright will find in it life eternal. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 31)
What things are these I write of? What but the life-giving book that is the covenant of the most High, and the revelation of all truth? (Ecclesiasticus 24, 32)
Three sorts of men move my spleen, so that I am fain to grudge them life itself: (Ecclesiasticus 25, 3)
Let not thy eye be caught by a woman’s beauty; not for her beauty desire her; (Ecclesiasticus 25, 28)
And if another goes bail for thee, do not forget the benefit done thee; he gave his life for thine. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 20)
A wretched life it is, passing on from house to house to find a welcome; that welcome found, thou wilt lack all confidence, and sit there mumchance. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 31)
here is a sight to make life joyous for him, and death not all unhappiness, and a bold front he keeps before his ill-wishers; (Ecclesiasticus 30, 5)
Better the endless repose of death, than life by lingering sickness made irksome. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 17)
Nor let anxious thoughts fret thy life away; (Ecclesiasticus 30, 22)
