“Sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu, ita vir qui non potest in loquendo cohibere spiritum suum.”
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.”
“Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.”
“He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.”
Speaking. He lays himself open to every attack, chap. xxix. 11.
20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.