“A hermit said, 'Do not be pleased at everything that is said, and do not agree with everything that is said. Be slow to believe, and quick to say what is true.'”
Desert Fathers, 5th c. — The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
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15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
— Proverbs 14:15 —
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.