Letter 153: Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
You have tripped me up twice now, and twice deceived me — you know what I mean. If it was just, may the Lord receive from you a sweet-smelling offering. If it was not just, may the Lord forgive it — for this is how reason tells me to speak of you, since we are commanded to be patient when injuries are done to us.
But as you are master of your own opinions, so I am master of mine. That troublesome Gregory will trouble you no longer. I will withdraw to God, who alone is pure and guileless. I will retire into myself. This is my resolve. The proverb says that only fools stumble twice on the same stone.
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