“The perverse heart of heretics contemplates injustice all day long, and their tongue prepares to deceive. The expert in right doctrine resists them with the shield of the true faith and with "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 8:7
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20A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
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In context
18The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
19As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
— Sirach 36:20 —
21A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
22The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.