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Louis Segond 1910
L'âme bienfaisante sera rassasiée, Et celui qui arrose sera lui-même arrosé.
KJV
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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can we achieve the much-praised modesty and decency, for it is written: An angry man is not modest (Proverbs 11:25). Therefore, anyone who wishes to reach perfection, who desires to engage in the spiritual contest lawfully, must be free from all sin of anger and rage, and heed wh…
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sunt oculorum: secunda verborum. In desideriis enim est omnis otiosus, et desideria occidunt pigrum (Prov. XI, 25) . Et ideo suffragatur ei plurimum verecundia, quae custodit oculos: et taciturnitas, quae retinet linguam: atque obedientia, quae mentem occupat, corpusque fatigat j…
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