Ecclesiastes 7:10 (WEB)
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“And at the same time he warns us not to prefer the law to the Gospel; nor to think that virgin purity is to be placed on a level with marriage:“Better,” he says, “is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.”” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 10.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.1Book VIII
“Nor can we become partakers of wisdom, even though we are considered wise by universal consent, for “anger rests in the bosom of fools.”” — editor's note: Eccl. vii. 10 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.
Cited together in The Institutes VIII.1.