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Louis Segond 1910
L'ancien et le magistrat, c'est la tête, Et le prophète qui enseigne le mensonge, c'est la queue.
KJV
The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
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2Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
both interior and exterior, whereas in the other members there is only touch, and hence it is said ( Is. 9:15 ): "The aged and honorable, he is the head"---"Power," because the power and movement of the other members, together with the direction of them in their acts, is from the…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
Cauda draconis sunt perversi praedicatores, juxta illud: Propheta docens mendacium, ipse cauda est (Isa. IX, 15) . Eos qui foris studio vitae coelestis videntur inhaerere, ex amore terreno per falsos praedicatores ad aperti erroris iniquitatem [Col. 1153C] devolvi, de quibus Job…
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