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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"When you make a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for He has no liking for fools; what you vow, pay. Better that you not vow at all, than that you vow and not pay. "A simple man does not need understanding by interpretation. It is better not to promise than not to keep promises, since they displease God and are numbered among fools, who do not fulfil their vows. …
Bonaventure
And it can scarcely be that he who speaks much does not displease God. Whence he makes this clear by example and similitude, saying: "Dreams follow many cares," and therefore it is foolish to attend to them; Sirach 34: "Dreams have led many astray." "And in many words folly is found"; Sirach 20: "He who uses many words injures his own soul"; and Proverbs 10: "In much speaking sin will not be lacking"; but on the contrary, below in chapter 10: "The fool multiplies words."
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