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A is overturned in itself.
Hugo Envy is the disdain of the good conferred upon another.
Sloth is the confusion of the mind, or sadness in it, and a slothful tepidity, making one recoil from a good beginning.
Ber In silence, no one should know what is debated; if he is idle in heart, he should not think, lest he be considered studious; so that he may be pleasing, he should not ask. But [let him do] as he is able, which others are not able to do.
Receive from Kings, who even [if they] have plenty, receive what they weigh out.
Glo We must beware that we do not receive gifts from those who gather wealth from the hunger of the poor and orphans.
Leo pp Those having wherewith to subsist do not receive without grave sin where the poor are [needing] food.
Raynes They do not receive from Christ alone, but contradict, as the obstinate.
Ansshelmus Man does not have grace not because God does not give it, but because man does not receive it.
Greg We must take the greatest care that we do not receive gifts from him by whom we know vices are spread to the poor, lest we say to him: "You were forgetful or [greedy] with him."
Id Flattery is to be seduced by fallacious praise.
Id Arrogance is the elation of the mind. For that which is not [in] pride, do not say it is.
Id The flatterer is the enemy of virtues; he seals with hatred what he offers with words.
Kings always need [to be warned] that I must not betray anyone.
Smooth talk and dire poisons do harm.
If you are contemptuous of flatteries, avoid [them]; it is better to be praised than to be praised by him, [avoid] so that as you praise [him], you [are] impudent.
Id Why do you despise [counsel] through praises, lest you weigh the importuning greatly?
Since the rich have all things, they have one thing that someone should tell them the truth.
Id With a bland face, the flatterer shows [friendship].
Id It is a most difficult work to despise [and] repel the assent of flatterers, whose words dissolve the mind with a certain pleasure.
Id Then be lighter, as often as you supplicate the evils.
Id Those who hasten to the pomp of the world [are] deadly; if they burn with punishments, we must hear them with a deaf ear.
Se It is very foolish if we seek to please those whom we do not please in good things.
Id No one can exist as good, opportune, and acceptable to enemies at the same time.
Id Whoever hears flattery raises himself on high, as another who was reprobate, as a furnace in the fire [which] he might possess.
Id When you have done a good deed, mix in a delay to revoke the evils, so that while the hidden guilt is known, the mind that should be doing good never rejoices incautiously.
Id Good which he does with great caution.