“Our death comes as a punishment we have been given to drink. We have received this from the stock of our origin as human branches spreading out from the root. The first Adam deserved this because of sin. "Sin had its beginning from a woman," as it says in Scripture, "and because of her we all die." And again: "Because…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — SERMON 299:8
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19All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman: let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.
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17The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.
18Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly.
— Sirach 25:19 —
20As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
21Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.