Sirach 11:10 (WEB)
My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Whence a certain wise man providently dissuades, saying, My son, meddle not with many matters (Ecclus. xi. 10); because, that is, the mind is by no means collected on the plan of any single work while parted among divers.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.5.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.5.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.5.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.5.