Sirach 11:30 (WEB)
Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
Fathers and councils · 1
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.16Conference VI
“And so we read: “Call no man blessed before his death,” because so long as a man is still engaged in the struggle, and if I may use the expression, still wrestling—even though he generally conquers and carries off many prizes of victory,—yet he can never be free from fear, and from the suspicion of an uncertain issue.” — editor's note: Ecclus. xi. 30.
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