Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Le coeur des sages est dans la maison de deuil, et le coeur des insensés dans la maison de joie.
KJV
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
lmista ait: «Irascimini et nolite peccare (Psal. IV, 5) .» De hac Salomon ait: «Melior est ira risu (Eccles. VII, 4) .» De illa: «Virum stultum interficit iracundia (Job V, 2) .» Ac si dicat: Ira per zelum sapientes turbat. Ira vero [Col. 0156C] per vitium stultum trucidat. Sequ…
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