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The parable is not written in praise of virginity, and indeed Louis of Granada, in his The Sinner's Guide of 1555, writes " No one makes intercession with the Bridegroom for the five foolish virgins who, after despising the pleasures of the flesh and stifling in their hearts the fire of concupiscence, nay, after observing the great counsel of virginity, neglected the precept of humility and became inflated with pride on account of their virginity.