Notes on Ecclesiasticus (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))
42:14 Better is the iniquity, etc: That is, there is, commonly speaking, less danger to be apprehended to the soul from the churlishness, or injuries we receive from men, than from the flattering favours and familiarity of women.
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