“Sin possesses the very bread of his death, to which it invites those who love pleasures and the fools, saying, "Touch with pleasure the secret bread and the sweet stolen waters." He who merely touches it "does not know that the children of the earth perish because of it." When one thinks about tasting pleasure, the re…”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — FESTAL LETTERS 7:5.17
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17Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
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15Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
16Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
— Sirach 7:17 —
18Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
19Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.