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Louis Segond 1910
Le désir des justes, c'est seulement le bien; L'attente des méchants, c'est la fureur.
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The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
ol. 0879B] exasperata respondet, quod Salomon breviter insinuat dicens: Praestolatio impiorum furor (Prov. XI, 23) . Sicque fit ut perturbatus animus majorem strepitum in suo silentio sentiat, cum eum gravius clausa flamma consumit. Unde bene ante nos quidam sapiens dixit: Cogita…
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