OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 11:2

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Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance.

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Verse 2. Look. “The most robust is farthest removed from wisdom.” Cicero.—The beauty of the soul must be regarded. Saint Ambrose Virg. 3. Calmet.

Forma bonum fragile est, quantumque accedit ad annos

Fit minor, et spatio carpitur ipsa suo. Ovid, Art. 2.

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