Löydetty 4520 Tulokset: Fe

• The man who takes a wife has the makings of a fortune, a helper to match himself, a pillar of support. (Ecclesiasticus 36, 24)

• When property has no fence, it is open to plunder, when a man has no wife, he is aimless and querulous. (Ecclesiasticus 36, 25)

• One kind of comrade genuinely feels for a friend and when it comes to a fight, springs to arms. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 5)

• Any adviser will offer advice, but some are governed by self-interest. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 7)

• Beware of someone who offers advice; first find out what he wants himself- since his advice coincides with his own interest -- in case he has designs on you (Ecclesiasticus 37, 8)

• Do not consult a woman about her rival, or a coward about war, a merchant about prices, or a buyer about selling, anyone mean about gratitude, or anyone selfish about kindness, a lazy fellow about any sort of work, or a casual worker about finishing a job, an idle servant about a major undertaking-- do not rely on these for any advice. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 11)

• good and evil, life and death, and mistress of them always is the tongue. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 18)

• Human life lasts a number of days, but the days of Israel are beyond counting. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 25)

• During your life, my child, see what suits your constitution, do not give it what you find disagrees with it; (Ecclesiasticus 37, 27)

• Many people have died from over-eating; control yourself, and so prolong your life. (Ecclesiasticus 37, 31)

• Offer incense and a memorial of fine flour, make as rich an offering as you can afford. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 11)

• For they, in their turn, will pray the Lord to grant them the grace to relieve and to heal, and so prolong your life. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 14)