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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
A golden earring and a shining pearl, etc. Rightly, the humble listener is compared to a golden earring, because while he willingly lends his ear to the reproving and teaching, he already prepares himself to receive the clarity of heavenly wisdom, he already approaches the vision of the divine light. …
Bonaventure
The fourth column of the house of wisdom is persuadability in the affections. There is no one who is persuadable to good unless he is benign: and this also accords with wisdom. It is written: "The spirit of wisdom is benign, and will not free the evil-speaker from his lips." Good persuadability causes one to esteem and love good things and to consent to them: and the wiser a person is, the more persuadable he is to good things. …
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