Letter 877
To Pelegrinus the Presbyter.
Truly God is accustomed to bring great dishonors and disgraces upon those who love display, after they have been honored; for from making one's audiences many, and undiscriminating, and unguarded, and from being made to take wing by transient pleasure, it comes about that for the most part one is caught by the reasonings of anger, of despondency, and of desire.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἀληθῶς μεγάλας ἀτιμίας, καὶ αἰσχύνας μετὰ τὸ τιμηθῆναι ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς φιλενδεῖταις εἴωθεν ἐπιφέρειν· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ πολλὰς, καὶ ἀδιακρίτους, καὶ ἀφυλάκτους τὰς ἐντεύξεις ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ πτεροῦσθαι τῇ πρασναίρῳ τερπνότητι, συμβαίνει τὸ ἐπὶ πολὺ ἁλίσκεσθαι τοῖς λογισμοῖς τοῦ θυμοῦ, τῆς ἀθυμίας, καὶ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας.
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