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Louis Segond 1910
Le paresseux se croit plus sage Que sept hommes qui répondent avec bon sens.
KJV
The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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reby he thinks himself incompetent for those things for which he is competent. Hence it is written ( Prov. 26:16 ): "The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that speak sentences." For nothing hinders him from depreciating himself in some things, and having a high…
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