 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.  The Doctor, &c. ... - 95 psl.autoriai: Robert Southey - 1834Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1611 - 360 psl.
...of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh And intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool hath... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 psl.
...ot understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise ; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 psl.
...understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a _/0<?/, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth. his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The words of a man's -mouth are as deep waters •+ and the wellspring of v/udom as a flowing brooK.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 psl.
...mark vf wisdom and an excellent spirit. %8 Even a i'ool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding ; lite csncealmcnt of folly is -wisdom, and sometime* window uttered is folly ; men's abilities are... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 psl.
...so wise as to be mute, Prov. xvii. 28. " Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise ; and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of understanding." As he cannot be wise that speaks much, so he cannot be known for a fool that says nothing. There are... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 psl.
...be counted wise while he keeps silence; " even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." Wisdom is too high for him, Prov. xxiv. 7; therefore if he meddle with it, he layeth open his folly.... | |
 | 1814 - 262 psl.
...which they shew a commendable prudence ; " even a fool when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." " Parla poco, ascolto assai, et non fallirai," speak little and attend .to what falls from others,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 psl.
...He that hath knowledge, spareth his words: even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of understanding," ch. xvii. 27, 28. " The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright. But the mouth of fools poureth out... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 480 psl.
...being an ignorant man or a fool ? No. Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise ; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The silence of a fool is almost always a covering to folly, and a sign of some degree of wisdom, yet... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 psl.
...understanding is of an excellent •spirit 28. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. CHAP. XIX. I JKTTF.ÏI is the poor that walk et li in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his... | |
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