Cast thy bread upon the waters
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This saying calls on people to believe that their good deeds will ultimately benefit them.
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"The earlier denial," the story concluded, "was occasioned by an exclusive story in the New York Mirror" Cast thy bread upon the waters: /or thou shalt find it after many days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin
"Cast thy bread upon the waters," for there is One watching it who will bring it back after many days.
From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin
Cast thy bread upon the waters, waft it on with praying breath, In some distant, doubtful moment it may save a soul from death.
From What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Trine, Ralph Waldo
"Cast thy bread upon the waters," said Calton, oracularly.
From The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Hume, Fergus
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