A citation from the library
Bede, on Prov 16:32
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Prov 16:32 · Douay-Rheims
“The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.”
On this verse:
“Better is the patient man than the strong man, etc. It is a lesser victory to conquer cities, because they are conquered externally; but what is conquered by patience is greater, because the spirit conquers itself, and submits itself to itself, when patience brings it down in the humility of tolerance.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.