2 Maccabees 2:30
29. For as the master builder of a new house must care for the whole building; but he that undertaketh to set it out, and paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning thereof: even so I think it is with us.30. To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story:31. But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
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