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A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue;
the downfall of the wicked will occur just as speedily.

[Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης.
οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:18 (Sir 20:18) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.), Ecclesiasticus]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84360/

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Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament - Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:18 (Sir 20:18) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.), Ecclesiasticus] | WIST Quotations

A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; the downfall of the wicked will occur just as speedily. [Ὀλίσθημα ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ γλώσσης. οὕτως πτῶσις κακῶν κατὰ σπουδὴν ἥξει.] More on the history and acceptance of this Apocryphal book here and here. (Source…

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