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Proverbs 14:29

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Bonaventure

The second pillar of the house of wisdom is innocence in the mind, which is noted when James says: "then peaceable." Augustine says that "peace is the tranquility of order," namely, when one humbly subjects himself to a superior, conducts himself equably toward an equal, and discreetly governs an inferior. All who are children of wisdom maintain this order. Whence comes war? If you loved peace, you would obey your superior and govern your inferior in an orderly manner; you would have peace. …

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 9 ↗