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Douay-Rheims
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Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
King James
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Louis Second
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Mieux vaut la fin d'une chose que son commencement; mieux vaut un esprit patient qu'un esprit hautain
Martin Luther
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Das Ende eines Dinges ist besser denn sein Anfang. Ein geduldiger Geist ist besser denn ein hoher Geist.
Vulgate
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calumnia conturbat sapientem et perdet robur cordis illius

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


robur : strength.
illius : (neut. sing. gen.) She paid half OF THAT (the cost).
illius : (masc. fem. neut. gen. sing.) Go ahead, eat some OF THAT.
illius : (fem. sing. gen.) They are fond OF THAT (change).