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

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When I was born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.[837:1]

Wisdom of Solomon vii. 3.

Observe the opportunity.

Ecclesiasticus iv. 20.

Be not ignorant of anything in a great matter or a small.

Ecclesiasticus v. 15.

Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.

Ecclesiasticus vii. 36.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Ecclesiasticus viii. 9.