Bonaventure, on Eccl 10:17

“Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.”

“And because "opposites placed next to each other shine forth more clearly," he commends the contrary, saying in detestation of the former: Blessed is the land whose king is noble, namely with nobility of character, because nobility alone is that which adorns the soul with good morals. Concerning which, Proverbs, last chapter: "Her husband is noble in the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land." And because princes follow their leader, therefore he adds: And whose princes eat at their proper time, that is, at the due hour after business has been dispatched, and this for refreshment, not for luxury. The Interlinear Gloss: "They eat only that they may live; they do not live that they may eat," as do those of whom 2 Peter 2 says: "Defilements and stains, abounding in delights, reveling in their feasts."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.