Famous quotes containing the words hebrew and/or ecclesiastes:
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 6:6.
The words were rendered by Samuel Johnson in the opening lines of The Ant: “Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, sluggard, and be wise.”
“And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 12:5.