Letter 161
To the same person.
All too easily is the human race lifted up to arrogance; and for this reason there is need of many strong bridles to tame its pride. And searching here and there throughout the divine Scripture, you will find many bridles and muzzles for the irrational passions.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εὐκόλως λίαν πρὸς τὴν ἀλαζονίαν ἐπαίρεται τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος· διόπερ πολλῶν ἰσχυρῶν χρείᾳ χαλινῶν πρὸς δαμασμὸν τοῦ φρονήματος. Πολλὰ δὲ εὑρήσεις ζητῶν σποράδην κατὰ τὴν θείαν Γραφὴν χαλινώματά τε καὶ κήμυτρα τῶν ἀλογίστων παθῶν.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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