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• Wisdom is a surer ally than ten city magistrates; (Ecclesiastes 7, 20)

• Thus, by the touchstone of my wisdom, I would test all things; Wisdom, cried I, I must have; yet all the while she withdrew from me, (Ecclesiastes 7, 24)

• When a man is given wisdom, it shines out in his face; Omnipotence will set a new stamp on his brow. (Ecclesiastes 8, 1)

• And yet, though the sinner presume on the divine patience that has borne with a hundred misdeeds, I know well enough that blessings are for those who fear God, who fear his frown. (Ecclesiastes 8, 12)

• Whatever lies in thy power, do while do it thou canst; there will be no doing, no scheming, no wisdom or skill left to thee in the grave, that soon shall be thy home. (Ecclesiastes 9, 10)

• Then my thought took a fresh turn; man’s art does not avail, here beneath the sun, to win the race for the swift, or the battle for the strong, a livelihood for wisdom, riches for great learning, or for the craftsman thanks; chance and the moment rule all. (Ecclesiastes 9, 11)

• Sure enough, said I, wisdom has the better of valour; but see how the poor man’s wisdom goes for nothing, and no one listens to him now! (Ecclesiastes 9, 16)

• Arms cannot match wisdom; by one slip,✻ what great advantage is lost! (Ecclesiastes 9, 18)

• No ointment can perfumer brew so sweet, but it grows foul when dead flies are lodged in it. And wouldst thou barter away wisdom and honour both, for a moment’s folly? (Ecclesiastes 10, 1)

• Abundant wisdom the Spokesman had, to be the oracle of his people; the story of his life he made known to them, laid secrets bare, and proverbs framed a many. (Ecclesiastes 12, 9)

• Let these, my son, be all the wisdom thou cravest; this writing of books is an endless matter, and from overmuch study nature rebels. (Ecclesiastes 12, 12)

• never yet did wisdom find her way into the schemer’s heart, never yet made her home in a life mortgaged to sin. (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 4)