And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are fetters: whosoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Reason. Of all things. In this natural wisdom consists. Septuagint, "and number. "He examined the pretensions of philosophy, which attempted thus to predict future events; but found that it was all deceit, like a harlot. (Olympiod.) He explored the qualities of different things, as an arithmetician counts numbers. (Menochius)

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