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Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui acquiert du sens aime son âme; Celui qui garde l'intelligence trouve le bonheur.
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He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
«Qui verba tantum sectatur, Salomone teste, nihil inveniet, custos autem prudentiae inveniet bona (Prov. XIX, 8) .» In verbis istis, fratres charissimi, videmus [quod] qui tantum carnalia cogitat, nil nisi mortem [inveniet]. Verba enim sola inquirit, et ideo nil invenit nisi litt…
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