500s BC

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Ahiqar

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar. c. 500 BC.

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar, translated by Herbert Lindenberger. The John Hopkins Near Eastern Studies, 1983.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 12:12).

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Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 3.

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Sun Tzu. The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life, translated by John Minford. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 3.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 37:5).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 11:7).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 5:7).

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Job 19:25-26).

Lead me from the unreal to the real!
Lead me from the darkness to light!
Lead me from death to immortality!

The Upanishads

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. (1.3.28).

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with the Commentary of Sankaracarya), translated by Swami Madhavananda. Advaita Ashrama, 2008 (1.3.28).

Curse God, and die.

Job 2:9

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:9).

But where shall wisdom be found?

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Job 28:12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 28:12).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 38:4).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 42:6).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 42:12).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 40:4).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 14:1-2).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:10).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 34:10).

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The Akaranga Sutra. c. 4th century BC, lecture 4, lesson 1.

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Jaina Sutras, part 1, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Akaranga sutra, lecture 4, lesson 1.

If a man die, shall he live again?

Job

Job 14:14

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 14:14).