“The stone is heavy, etc. It is indeed quite grievous for anyone to be weighed down by even a single capital crime, as if by the weight of a stone, or to be burdened by countless lighter sins, like pebbles or sand; but the anger of a fool is heavier than both, because these sins, once revealed as certainly evil as they…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs
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3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
— Proverbs 27:3 —
4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?