“In Proverbs: "I passed by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man without sense; and behold! it was all overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall broken down." This happens when a man has good intentions but does not fulfill them: then it is that the thistles of ma…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 19
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30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
— Proverbs 24:30 —
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.