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What the Fathers say

1 Kings 10:6

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

We entrust our case to the most prudent person we can find and ask advice from him more readily than we do from others. However, the faithful counsel of a just person stands first and often has more weight than the great abilities of the wisest of people: "For better are the wounds of a friend than the kisses of others." And just because it is the judgment of a just person, it is also the conclusion of a wise one: in the one lies the result of the matter in dispute, in the other readiness of invention. …

On the Duties of the Clergy 2.10.50-53 ↗