Lux Domini
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

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Interpretation

A fool, in Solomon's Proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become, because his conversation contradicts it.

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This thought runs through Proverbs 17:7-8.

Proverbs 17:7 Proverbs 17:8