John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Old Testament. (continued) |
| 10116 |
| Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. |
| Joel ii. 28. |
| 10117 |
| Multitudes in the valley of decision. |
| Joel iii. 14. |
| 10118 |
| They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree. |
| Micah iv. 4. |
| 10119 |
| Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. |
| Habakkuk ii. 2. |
| 10120 |
| Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? |
| Zechariah i. 5. |
| 10121 |
| For who hath despised the day of small things? |
| Zechariah iv. 10. |
| 10122 |
| Prisoners of hope. |
| Zechariah ix. 12. |
| 10123 |
| I was wounded in the house of my friends. |
| Zechariah xiii. 6. |
| 10124 |
| But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. |
| Malachi iv. 2. |
| 10125 |
| Great is truth, and mighty above all things. 1 |
| 1 Esdras iv. 41. |
| 10126 |
| Unto you is paradise opened. |
| 2 Esdras viii. 52. |
| 10127 |
| I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out. |
| 2 Esdras xiv. 25. |
| 10128 |
| So they [Azarias and Tobias] went forth both, and the young man’s dog went with them. |
| Tobit v. 16. |
| 10129 |
| So they went their way, and the dog went after them. |
| Tobit xi. 4. |
| 10130 |
| Our time is a very shadow that passeth away. |
| Wisdom of Solomon ii. 5. |
| 10131 |
| Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be withered. |
| Wisdom of Solomon ii. 8. |
| 10132 |
| Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age. |
| Wisdom of Solomon iv. 8. |
| Note 1. Magna est veritas et prævalet.—The Vulgate. Usually quoted “Magna est veritas et prævalebit.” [back] |