Famous quotes containing the words hebrew and/or jacob:
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 1:2 passim.
“I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings like unto bullion.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)