"And she said to the king, 'The report was true which I heard in my own land of your deeds and of your wisdom; but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the report which I heard.'" — The *Queen's testimony*: *'al divrey'kha ve-al-chokhmatekha shama'ti be-artzi* (I heard reports in my land of your deeds and wisdom). Yet *the reality exceeds the report*: *hinne lo-huchbarta li hat-chatzi* (behold, not half was told me). The *excess of reality over reputation* is *extraordinary*.

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