Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes ix. 4.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

Ecclesiastes ix. 10.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Ecclesiastes ix. 11.

A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes ix. 20.

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes xi. 1.