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Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui observe le vent ne sèmera point, et celui qui regarde les nuages ne moissonnera point.
KJV
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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ne to desist from all good things, that may become dangerous accidentally. Wherefore it is written ( Eccles. 11:4 ): "He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that considereth the clouds shall never reap." Now a man incurs danger, not from the vow itself, but from his fau…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)
, sic per Salomonem dicitur: Qui observat ventum non seminat, et qui considerat nubes nunquam metet (Eccl. XI, 4) . Venti quippe nomine malignus spiritus designatur qui mentem tentationibus impellit. Nubium vero appellatione peccatores exprimuntur, quos toties huc illucque diabol…
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