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Joannes CassianusInst 20.7.1 · opp-lat2More by Joannes Cassianus
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Original / primary: Opp Lat2
20.7.1
Itaque si agonem spiritalem certare legitime cupimus, hunc quoque perniciosum hostem a nostris cordibus extrudamus: quem quantum superare non magnae uirtutis est, tantum et eodem uinci ignominiosum plenumque dedecoris. a potente enim elidi, licet sit in deiectione dolor et gemitus in amissione uictoriae, tamen quodammodo de aduersarii robore uictis nascitur consolatio; sin uero et inimicus exilis et genus conluctationis I infirmum, ultra deiectionis dolorem confusio turpior et ignominia detrimento grauior infertur.

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