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Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shown unto thee.
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Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.
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Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
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Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another, and thy labors to be divided by lot?
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Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
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All flesh waxeth old as a garment; for the covenant from the beginning is, "Thou shalt die the death."
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As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall and some grow, so is the generation of flesh and blood: one cometh to an end, and another is born.
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Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go after it.
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Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth about holy things by his understanding.
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He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
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Go after her as one that pursues her trail, and lies in wait in her ways.