{"query": "The Wise and Foolish Virgins", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_94d285f8ff97", "title": "The Wise and Foolish Virgins", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ten virgins with lamps await the bridegroom; five carry oil in vessels, five do not; the bridegroom tarries; cry at midnight; the foolish ask to borrow but cannot; the door is shut.\n\nFailure mode: Lam"}, {"id": "card_n_19079c10b24d", "title": "Sermon on the Mount §som_20_wise_and_foolish_builders: \"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will like...", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "\"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on th"}, {"id": "card_n_6b8ba3914b09", "title": "1 Clement III", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "in it from envy and emulation._ Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, “My beloved did eat and drink, and was enlarged and became fat, "}, {"id": "card_n_096b41096872", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_05_07: [There are] seven things [characteristic] in a clod, and seven in a wise man:...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "[There are] seven things [characteristic] in a clod, and seven in a wise man: A wise man does not speak before one who is greater than he in wisdom, And does not break into his fellow’s speech; And is"}, {"id": "card_n_b1436f2d5b2a", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_05_005: But they knew not the way, Thy Word, by Whom Thou madest these things which t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But they knew not the way, Thy Word, by Whom Thou madest these things which they number, and themselves who number, and the sense whereby they perceive what they number, and the understanding, out of "}, {"id": "card_n_fa30b8590991", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_18: Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth rea...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth real perfectness and religion, and thou shalt see how little, even as nothing, is all that we do. Ah! What is our life when co"}, {"id": "card_n_f8186323a970", "title": "A parable — Speech silence", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The proverb is dry. It does not say the fool became wise. It only says he was"}, {"id": "card_n_dd0a0d64e834", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_08: I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes. If I count myself more, behold Thou standest against me, and my iniquities bear true testimony, and I cannot gainsay it. But if I abase myself, and"}, {"id": "card_n_c732decd7895", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_04_016: Be not foolish, O my soul, nor become deaf in the ear of thine heart with the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Be not foolish, O my soul, nor become deaf in the ear of thine heart with the tumult of thy folly. Hearken thou too. The Word itself calleth thee to return: and there is the place of rest imperturbabl"}, {"id": "card_n_415248971af9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_viii: Now that thou hast taken these names upon thee of good, modest, true; of ἔμφρ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Now that thou hast taken these names upon thee of good, modest, true; of ἔμφρων, σύμφρων, ὑπέρφρων; take heed lest at any times by doing anything that is contrary, thou be but improperly so called, an"}, {"id": "card_n_d882a63e485f", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_04_005: There was in those days a wise man, very skilful in physic, and renowned ther...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "There was in those days a wise man, very skilful in physic, and renowned therein, who had with his own proconsular hand put the Agonistic garland upon my distempered head, but not as a physician: for "}, {"id": "card_n_1af3d35a52d2", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §89: So he took Christian by the hand again, and led him into a chamber, where there was one...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "So he took Christian by the hand again, and led him into a chamber, where there was one rising out of bed; and as he put on his raiment, he shook and trembled. Then said Christian, Why doth this man t"}, {"id": "card_n_752aaf678f74", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_03: “My Son, hear My words, for My words are most sweet, surpassing all the knowl...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, hear My words, for My words are most sweet, surpassing all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of this world. My words are spirit, and they are life,(1) and are not to be weighed b"}, {"id": "card_n_778f4d1051fc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_08: Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth God. Be seldom with the young and with strangers. Be not a flatterer of the rich; nor willingly seek the society of the gre"}, {"id": "card_n_b17fe9aef49d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_36: “My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when c...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when conscience pronounceth thee pious and innocent. It is good and blessed thus to suffer; nor will it be grievous to the heart "}, {"id": "card_n_40bdeb8f6d68", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_08_027: But now it spake very faintly.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But now it spake very faintly. For on that side whither I had set my face, and whither I trembled to go, there appeared unto me the chaste dignity of Continency, serene, yet not relaxedly, gay, honest"}, {"id": "card_n_7cbd6b555121", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_06_08: Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai: Beauty, ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai: Beauty, strength, riches, honor, wisdom, [old age], gray hair, and children are becoming to the righteous, and becoming to the worl"}, {"id": "card_n_8564d1ef7b71", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_43: “My Son, let not the fair and subtle sayings of men move thee.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, let not the fair and subtle sayings of men move thee. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.(1) Give ear to My words, for they kindle the heart and enlighten the mind, they brin"}, {"id": "card_n_47cc63f19e66", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_03_012: For other than this, that which really is I knew not; and was, as it were thr...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For other than this, that which really is I knew not; and was, as it were through sharpness of wit, persuaded to assent to foolish deceivers, when they asked me, \"whence is evil?\" \"is God bounded by a"}, {"id": "card_n_f5b06e4d5461", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xxxi: 'Of the free will there is no thief or robber:' out of Epictetus; Whose is th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "'Of the free will there is no thief or robber:' out of Epictetus; Whose is this also: that we should find a certain art and method of assenting; and that we should always observe with great care and h"}]}