Ecclesiastes 10:1 (WEB)
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Moreover, when you offer to matrons little fly-flaps to brush away mosquitoes, it is a charming way of hinting that they should at once check voluptuous feelings, for “dying flies,” we are told, “spoil sweet ointment.”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 1, Vulg.
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Augustine of Hippo
“In fact, Beelzebub, they say, means “Prince of flies;” and of these it is written, “Dying flies deprive the ointment of its sweetness.”” — editor's note: Eccles. x. 1.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.