Ecclesiastes Quotes
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“Do not all go to one place?”
“He hath made everything beautiful in its time.”
“Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city.”
“"Laughter," I said, "is foolish. And what does pleasure accomplish?"”
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”
“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
“It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.”
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”
“The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”
“Anyone who is among the living has hope--even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!”
“By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.”
“There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.”
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“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning.”
“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.”
“Because sentence against a bad deed has not been executed speedily, the heart of men becomes emboldened to do bad.”
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”
“I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.”