28
Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children.
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Verse 28. Death, in old age, (Grot.) or rather after the soul’s departure. The pagans had not this consolation. Their hopes were confined to the earth; and as they saw many honest people miserable, they introduced a chimerical idea of happiness, consisting in virtue alone. The views of Christians are chiefly bent on future rewards.
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