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Two brethren made their way to the city to sell their handiwork: and when in the city they went different ways, divided one from the other, one of them fell into fornication. After a while came his brother, saying, "Brother, let us go back to our cell." But he made answer, "I am not coming." And the other questioned him, saying, "wherefore, brother?" And he answered, "Because when thou didst go from me, I ran into temptation, and I sinned in the flesh." But the other, anxious to help him, began
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― The Desert Fathers
― The Desert Fathers
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It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest.
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― The Life of St. Anthony
― The Life of St. Anthony
