Talált 2352 Eredmények: Art

• Do not barter a friend away for the sake of profit, nor a true brother for the gold of Ophir. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 18)

• Love an intelligent slave with all your heart, and do not deny such a slave his freedom. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 21)

• With all your heart honour your father, never forget the birthpangs of your mother. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 27)

• Do not quarrel with anyone rich, in case he puts his weight against you; for gold has destroyed many, and has swayed the hearts of kings. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 2)

• Do not scorn the discourse of the wise, but make yourself familiar with their maxims, since from these you will learn the theory and the art of serving the great. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 8)

• Do not dismiss what the old people have to say, for they too were taught by their parents; from them you will learn how to think, and the art of the timely answer. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 9)

• Do not open your heart to all comers, nor lay claim to their good offices. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 19)

• Do not give your heart to whores, or you will ruin your inheritance. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 6)

• Keep your eyes to yourself in the streets of a town, do not prowl about its unfrequented quarters. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 7)

• Never sit down with a married woman, or sit at table with her drinking wine, in case you let your heart succumb to her and you lose all self-control and slide to disaster. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 9)

• The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord, he sets the right leader over it at the right time. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 4)

• The first stage of pride is to desert the Lord and to turn one's heart away from one's Maker. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 12)