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  • Just as those who prepare a feast also seek to be attentive to the will of others, for the sake of the gratitude of many, we willingly undertake the labor. (2 Maccabees 2, 28)

  • And they celebrated for eight days with joy, in the manner of the Feast of Tabernacles, remembering that, a little time before, they had celebrated the solemn days of the Feast of Tabernacles in mountains and caves, in the manner of wild beasts. (2 Maccabees 10, 6)

  • And, after Pentecost, they marched against Gorgias, the foremost leader over Idumea. (2 Maccabees 12, 32)

  • All the days of the poor are evil. A secure mind is like a continual feast. (Proverbs 15, 15)

  • Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched. (Proverbs 21, 17)

  • So who will feast and overflow with delights as much as I have? (Ecclesiastes 2, 25)

  • While laughing, they make bread and wine, so that the living may feast. And all things are obedient to money. (Ecclesiastes 10, 19)

  • And, lastly, they saw a new kind of bird, when, being led by their desire, they demanded a feast of meat. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 11)

  • If you possess, he will feast with you, and he will empty you, and he will not grieve over you. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 6)

  • A pauper’s food under a roof of boards is better than a splendid feast on a sojourn away from home. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 28)

  • Good things hidden in a closed mouth are like seats at a feast placed around a grave. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 18)

  • A cheerful and good heart is like a feast. And its feasts are formed by diligence. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 27)


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