Ecclesiastes 9:4 (WEB)
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“I should be right in saying so after Ecclesiastes, if I admitted that Paul is dead in spirit.” — editor's note: ix. 4.
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Gregory the Great
“Do not, I pray thee, in such a question trust to humility only or to gravity, which are often deceived, Better by far is a living dog in this problem than a dead lion (Eccles. ix. 4).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.60.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.60.