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• A good name is better than precious ointment. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 1
• Be not righteous overmuch. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 16
• It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxi, 9...
• A living dog is better than a dead lion. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ix, 4
• Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes v, 5...
• Let thy words be few. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes v, 2
• A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  -- Old Testament -- Psalm lxxxiv, 10...
• 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...