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Though the mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
-George Herbert
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Though The Mastiffe Be Gentile, Yet Bite

George Herbert
Though the mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
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The ethical regime [of the jews] was quite definitely ptolemaic, revolving around the small group of jews, not the larger gentile group and, accordingly, they learned to remain unimpressed by gentile temporal power. being unimpressed did not mean being unafraid material power might beat or starve one to death; it did mean refusing to surrender moral hegemony to the majority merely because it had power.
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The difference is that if we turn from the gentile first, we will have the almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. if not, we will have neither the gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the almighty.
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