Bonaventure

Here the fourth instruction is touched upon, in which he exhorts to the overlooking of one's own injury: whence one ought not to inquire nor believe every one who reports. Therefore he says: "But also to all the words that are spoken, do not apply your heart," that is, do not give credence, because little trust is to be placed in words, since many speak much: because, Sirach 19, "he who believes quickly is light of heart"; and because it is difficult to hear and not believe: Sirach 28: "Hedge your ears with thorns, and do not listen …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7 ↗