Letter 872: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Οὔτε ἀλαζόνα εἶναι χρὴ, οὔτε χόλαχα " ἀλλ᾽ ἀμ- φοτέρων τῶν χαχιῶν () τούτων τὴν ἀμετρίαν χο- λάζοντα, ἐλευθέριον εἶναι, μὴτε εἰς αὐθάδειαν ἀπρχλίνοντα, μῆτε εἰς δουλοπρέπειαν χαταπί- πτοντα. . ΤΠ΄. --- ΤΙΜΟΘΕΩ ΣΧΟΛΑΣΤΙΚΩ. Μάνθανε, ὦ σοφώτατε, καὶ ῥητοριχώτατε, ὅπερ χινδυνεύεις, ὡς ἔοιχεν, ἀγνοεῖν, ὅτι εἰ συμδαίη φί- λοις πρὸς ἀλλήλους διενεχθῆναι, ἣ ἐχθροῖς, οὐχ ὁμοίως διαγωνιοῦνται " ἀλλ᾽ οἱ μὲν ὡς διαλλαγησό- μενοι διοίσονται, οἱ δὲ ὡς: ἀχῆρυχτον ἕξοντες τὸν πόλεμον.
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