Tested by reasoning
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From a recent morning reading. This one stayed with me.
As a furnace tests a potter’s vessels,
So the test of a man is in the way he reasons.
As fruit reveals how a tree is cultivated,
So a man’s reasoning reveals his heart.
Do not praise a man before he reveals the way he reasons.
For this is the way a man is tested.Wisdom of Sirach 27:5–10
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Thank you, I love it.
Me too. But I don’t know what it says about me that I had to fix typos twice on that short post. So much for MY powers of reasoning.
Gosh those guys were smart, weren’t they? So true. I wish I had read this before I married my ex.