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• The liberal soul shall be made fat. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xi, 25
• Unto you is paradise opened. -- Old Testament -- 2 Esdras viii, 52
• Wisdom shall die with you. -- Old Testament -- Job xii, 2
• As thy days, so shall thy strength be. -- Old Testament -- Deuteronomy xxxiii, 25
• How are the mighty fallen! -- Old Testament -- 2 Samuel i, 25
• The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xi, 2...
• As water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again.
  -- Old Testament -- 2 Samuel xiv, 14...
• A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ix, 20...
• His leaf also shall not wither. -- Old Testament -- Psalm i, 3