The devil keeps hammering
his subtle persuasion until
the learned man becomes
convinced that he should
set about teaching people.
Then the devil intimates
to the scholar,
“you should embellish your
thoughts with pretty language
and impressive conceits.
Also play up your
qualifications.
Otherwise your words won’t
have much effect; they
won’t reach people’s hearts
and they will not succeed
in attaining the truth.”