 | 1827 - 842 pages
...wisdom, in the grave, whither thou guest. 1111 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race unollo the C wise, nur vet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance... | |
 | William Jevons - Ethics - 1827 - 412 pages
...foresee, may counteract the wisest and the best conducted schemes. " The race is not always 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."* This is the necessary... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...seen by those who have diligently observed human counsels and events, " 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... | |
 | Theology - 1822 - 688 pages
...and onward. The reply to all this is, " 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... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 604 pages
...man, the experience of every day declares, with irresistible evidence, 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 un" derstanding, nor yet favour to men of skill." In the transactions... | |
 | James Jones (minister.) - 1828 - 228 pages
...human beings. The ancient heathens had never read, in the Scriptures, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Eccles. ix. 11.... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...industriously pursued schemes of worldly happiness and enjoyment. In these, the race is not always 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 there is a controling... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 pages
...beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes. ' 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... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...transactions are detestable, gifted with every desired prosperity. He says to himself " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...upon every man to rise and prosper : " 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... | |
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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. 
