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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"They have sharpened their tongues like serpents" [Psalm 140:3]. If still thou seekest to make out the man, behold a comparison. In the serpent above all beasts is there cunning and craft to hurt; for therefore does it creep. It hath not even feet, so that its footsteps when it cometh may be heard. In its progress it draweth itself, as it were, gently along, yet not straightly. Thus then do they creep and crawl to hurt, having poison hidden even under a gentle touch. …
Jerome
The venom of asps is under their lips. For they seem to have words of friendship, yet they are full of death-dealing poison.
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