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

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Ecclesiastes xii. 7.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies.

Ecclesiastes xii. 11.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes xii. 12.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes xii. 13.

For, lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

The Song of Solomon ii. 11, 12.

The little foxes, that spoil the vines.