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“Give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.”
— Unattributed
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a5e8084277cdf3cbd49d60a61964dad371f2ae9d38a261ba6f64205b3b2a9e79
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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