19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
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Verse 19. Feast. As if they were born for this purpose, (Philippians 3:19. Calmet.) fruges consumere nati. Hor. i. ep. 2.—Money.—
Scilicet uxorem cum dote fidemque et amicos,
Et genus, et formam regina pecunia donet. Horace, i. ep. 6.)
—Hebrew “money answers all purposes,” ( Bible.) to procure meat, drink, and so forth Calmet.
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