 | John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pagina’s
...disposing thereof is of the Lord. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding,...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." No man is certain that he shall have a crop, however carefully he cultivates and sows his ground. "... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 418 pagina’s
...uncertain in its issue. " The race is not to the swift, nor the Voi. I. Y y battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches. to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill." If we make some good progress, and have a fair prospect of success in our temporal pursuits, yet in... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 432 pagina’s
...uncertain in its issue. " The race is not to the swift, nor th§ Voi. I. Y y battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to mea of skill." If we make some good progress, and have a fair prospect of success in our temporal pursuits,... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 pagina’s
...tendency— when we see that " the race is not to the swift, nor the " battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor " riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of " skill"—our anticipations must be always liable to uncertainty ; time and chance happeneth to them... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 pagina’s
...vast advantage, in wisdom, goodness, and tranquillity. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill, but time and chance happen unto all. When losses befall us, we cannot but experience... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pagina’s
...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all.' calamities which threaten you. I will now explain the other : — the land is also your enemy : your... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pagina’s
...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all." (He knew no better. He thought so then. He could see no farther. He was a fool. He thought it was mere... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 246 pagina’s
...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all. 'J Physical evil, indeed, does not merely exist, it even invades all according to the established laws... | |
 | Franz Josef Gall - 1835 - 372 pagina’s
...battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time ; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1836 - 232 pagina’s
...battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to tlie wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill: but time and chance happeneth to them all."—Solomon. " Whose causeway parts the Tale with shady rows ? Whose seats, the weary traveller... | |
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
