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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Gregory of Neocaesarea
For though a man should be by no means greatly advantaged by knowing all in this life that is destined to befall him according to his mind (let us suppose such a case), nevertheless with the officious activity of men he devises means for prying into and gaining an apparent acquaintance with the things that are to happen after a person's death. …
Western Saints
Jerome
"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. "Consider, he says, man, your short days since you will cease to be quickly when your body gives out; fast longer, so that however perfume delights your nostrils with its smell, in the same way posterity will delight in all things to your name. Symmachus interpreted this very clearly, saying, "a good name is better than a perfume that smells pleasant". We must remember that it is the custom of the Hebrews to call good perfume 'oil'. …
Bonaventure
The teachings of wisdom are set forth, through which a remedy is applied against the vanity of foolishness. And since, as is said in Wisdom 8, "wisdom teaches sobriety, prudence, justice, and virtue" or fortitude: in the first he sets forth teachings for having modesty: in the second, for having constancy; in the third, for having prudence; in the fourth, for having justice. For having modesty he provides five teachings. …
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