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Quotation from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
“But because, as the wise man Solomon saith, Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind, and that knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul”
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II, Chapter VIII, trans. Thomas Urquhart
The turn in the same letter from learning to faith, charity and the fear of God; the first clause renders Wisdom of Solomon 1:4.
Citation: "But because, as the wise man Solomon saith, Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind, and that knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul" — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II, Chapter VIII, trans. Thomas Urquhart. (id rabelais-gargantua-and-pantagruel-q6)
Portrait: Francois Rabelais - Portrait, anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain.
