“For the birth from the Virgin has been a wonder for all ages, who came, according to the word of blessed Simeon, for the fall and resurrection of many, and as a sign which would be contradicted. Of whom it is also said through Isaiah: The root of Jesse, who stands as a sign for the peoples, before whom kings will shut…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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11I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
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9Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief.
10For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and honour with the elders, though I be young.
— Wisdom of Solomon 8:11 —
12When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me: if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.
13Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.