“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence, that thou mayest guard thy thoughts. For, indeed, nothing is more fugitive than the heart, which deserts us as often as it slips away through bad thoughts. For hence the Psalmist says, My heart hath failed me. Hence, when he returns to himself, he says,…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 14
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1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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— Proverbs 5:1 —
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: