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• Be not righteous overmuch. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 16
• All is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes i, 14
• One event happeneth to them all. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ii, 14
• Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Adversity...
• If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiv, 10...
• A good name is better than precious ointment. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 1
• As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 6...
• God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 29...
• It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 2...