1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 21:23 | A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself. | Low. A smiling countenance is commendable, but loud laughter is to be avoided. (Clement, Paed. 2:5.) --- It causes too great a change, (Plato, Rep. 3.) and is a mark of folly, Ecclesiastes 7:5. (St. Augustine, contra Acad. 2:2.) |