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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"The words of a wise man win favour, but a fool's lips devour him. "Foolishness, if it is happy in its rusticity, will know less evil. But now he wages war against wisdom, and whatever prudence he sees in a learned man, he does not take to be incited by enthusiasm. For a wise man speaks words of knowledge, words of thanks, which are of use to those that hear them, but the lips of a fool do not receive what is said, as it is said; on the contrary they try to trip up a wise man and make him similar to a fool. …
Bonaventure
He gave above a remedy against the malice of a prelate; here he gives a remedy against the foolishness of a prelate, showing that a foolish prelate is not to be promoted, but rather is worthy of ruin: first, on account of the defect of discreet speech; second, on account of the defect of provident consideration; third, on account of the defect of fruitful action. On account of the defect of discreet speech, the fool casts himself down, just as by antithesis the wise man exalts himself. …
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