1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 6:6 | Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor. | Counsellor. Only few are capable of this office, (Haydock) or of keeping a secret. Yet we must have peace, if possible, with all, Romans 12:18. (Calmet) --- The Scythians condemned many friends, no less than many wives, (Luc. Tox.) and Aristotle (Eth. 9:10.) commends this maxim of Hesiod: mete poluxeinos met azeinos; "neither to have too many guests, or intimate friends, nor to be without any." |