“Excelsa stulto sapientia ; in porta non aperiet os suum.”
“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”
“Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.”
“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.”
“Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.”
High. Thus the fool excuses himself. But wisdom condescends to our weakness, if we be truly in earnest, Deuteronomy xxxii. 12. Mouth. To defend himself, or to give advice. (Calmet)
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.