The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D..
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The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D..
Author
Boutauld, Michel, 1604-1689.
Publication
Amsterdam :: Printed for Stephen Swart, at the Bible and Crown near the Exchange,,
1683..
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Maxims.
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"The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B18025.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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PARAPHRASE.
MAke a door to your Mouth. Leave rather your Coffers and your Trea∣sures without locks, then your lips; and have a care, that there never goes out any word which may offend, or which ought to be blamed.
Imagine you,
(saith the Pro∣phet) that you are in company as on the Ice, and that you must walk thereon gently and wisely. Fear always, least your Tongue slip, and your judgement fall with it. As many unbecoming words, indiscreet or rash, as you pronounce; they are as so many falls of your wit, that fall upon others and either wound or incommodate them.