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• Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before king
  he shall not stand before mean men. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxii, 29...
• In that day a man shall cast his idols... to the moles and to the bats.
  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah ii, 20...
• This is my chosen fast: to loosen all the bonds that bind men unfairly, to let the oppressed go free, to break every yoke.
  Share your bread with the hungry, take the homeless into your home....
• They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hook
  ation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more....
• Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. -- George Chapma
• The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Absalom and Achitophel, Part i, Line 238...
• A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
  -- Greek Proverb...
• He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xi, 15
• His enemies shall lick the dust. -- Old Testament -- Psalm lxxii, 9