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Louis Segond 1910
Ne mange pas le pain de celui dont le regard est malveillant, Et ne convoite pas ses friandises;
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Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)
tibi, et mens ejus non est tecum. Cibos quos comederas, evomes, et perdes pulchros sermones tuos (Prov. XXIII, 6, 7) . Ista prorsus haereticorum moribus convenire, nisi faveat illis, nullus est qui ambigat. Quod enim ignorant arioli, seu conjectores, pro more responsa dare cons…
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