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For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.
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For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
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Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
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I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
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Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.