Letter 1522: Hold on — especially since the greater part has already been endured and its sting has been spent.
χαὶ μάλιστα τῷ παρεληλυθέναι χατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος ἐχνενευρισμένα. Ὃ μὲν γὰρ ἀποφοιτῆσας πειρασμὸς αὐτίχα μάλα πρὸς λήθην βλέπει, ὁ δὲ προσδοχώμε- νος τοσαυτάχις ἀνιᾷ, ὁσάχις ἂν ἐλπισθῇ.
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The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.