Be not overwise in doing your business; and boast not yourself in the time of your distress.
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Rabanus Maurus
AD 856
Avoid boasting about one"s own good works, for arrogance of this kind is an abomination before the eyes of God and stops one from doing good in adversity, "because tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope."
