 | John Kitto - 1853 - 302 sider
...stream. — JOUKSON. PROVIDENCE. SPEAKING of Providence, the sage of Judah says (Ecclesiastes ix. 11) : "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Plutarch, speaking of the Ronians, says, "Time and Fortune (the same with Solomon's " time and chance... | |
 | Robert Cox - 1853 - 744 sider
...; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."§§— The race, to be sure, is not always " to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all ;"|| || but still the experience of all times makes it certain that, accidents apart, it is the diligent,... | |
 | 1854 - 904 sider
...might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...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... | |
 | 1854 - 622 sider
...unforeseen difficulties which it is impossible to overcome. Solomon says, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance, happeneth to them all." In connection with some judicious remarks on Napoleon the First, Mr. Bullock has made some very brief... | |
 | 1883 - 846 sider
...GAMES AND LOTTERIES. WE have it on very high authority, that ia human affairs 'the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them alL' There are many events in the daily life of each of us which, as far as we can see, come to pus in accordance... | |
 | Robert Walker - 1855 - 616 sider
...this man, hath neither a head to contrive, nor hands to execute, shall prosper in all his plans. " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Men are too apt " to sacrifice... | |
 | University of South Carolina - 1855 - 44 sider
...and then, if it does not come, comfort yourself with the thought that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Like the miser, though in a very different spirit, and with reference to a very different wealth, you... | |
 | John Kitto - 1856 - 750 sider
...thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor own` 0 vet riches to men of understanding, nor yet "favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth... | |
 | George Allarton - 1856 - 168 sider
...PUBLIC, ABE EESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY ' , THEIE HUMBLE SEEVANT, THE AUTHOR. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but — time and chance happeneth to them all. — Eccles. ix. 11. PREFACE. LITTLE has been written about Doctors — much has been said about them,... | |
 | Rev. Henry Ives Bailey - 1857 - 870 sider
...utter it ; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. Eccl. i. 4 to 8. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance bappeneth to them all. Eccl. ix. 11. Ye know not what shall be on the morrow ; for what is your life... | |
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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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
