“Amidst the details of that melancholy history we should be forced to make mention of ourselves; and if we did anything in those struggles for our religion that redounds to our honour in the telling, Wisdom commands us to leave it to others to tell. "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;" and it is this…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — AGAINST EUNOMIUS 1:12
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2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
— Proverbs 27:2 —
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?