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The Treatises of Cyprian

St. Cyprian of Carthage · c. 249–258 AD

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Section 104

That we must abstain from much speaking

In Solomon: “Out of much speaking thou shalt not escape sin; but sparing thy lips, thou shalt be wise.”

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