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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of enjoyment. ""Blessed", says the Saviour, "are the mourning, since they will be consoled". [Matth. 5, 5.] And Samuel mourned King Saul all the days of his life [Cfr I Reg. 16.] and Paul said he had mourned over those who did not want to repent their many sins [Cfr II Cor. 12, 21.]. …
Bonaventure
Here is noted the fifth lesson, by which severity is preferred to softness, as for example harsh rebuke to flattery. On account of which he says: "It is better to be rebuked by a wise man than to be deceived by the flattery of fools." Proverbs 27: "Open rebuke is better than hidden love," because rebuke directs, but flattery deceives. Proverbs 16: "A wicked man entices his friend and leads him by a way that is not good." And Isaiah 3: "O my people, those who call you blessed, they themselves deceive you."
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