Letter 458: Do not mistake the delay of punishment for its cancellation, best of men.
Isidore of Pelusium→Zosimus|c. 411 AD|Isidore of Pelusium
monasticism
Περὶ κρίσεως. Οὐχ εἰς τὸ μὴ δοῦναι δίχην, ὦ βέλτιστε, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸ δοῦναι ἀργαλεωτέραν, εἰ μὴ γνωσιμαχήσειας, χαὶ τὰς ἧττας πάσας ἀναμαχέσαιο, τὸ μηδέπω δοῦναι περιστήσεταί σοι.
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Περὶ κρίσεως. Οὐχ εἰς τὸ μὴ δοῦναι δίχην, ὦ βέλτιστε, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὸ δοῦναι ἀργαλεωτέραν, εἰ μὴ γνωσιμαχήσειας, χαὶ τὰς ἧττας πάσας ἀναμαχέσαιο, τὸ μηδέπω δοῦναι περιστήσεταί σοι.
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