Letter 738
To Lusius the Presbyter.
If indeed you pass through life by means of some small and frugal sufficiency, the book of blessed Job [Job 14:1] will say concerning you: Blessed is one born of woman, with a small life, being free of the many and inextricable cares of this world.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εἴπερ δι’ ὀλίγης τινὸς καὶ ἀπερίττου χρείας τὸν βίον διαπερᾷς, λέξει περὶ σοῦ ἡ βίβλος τοῦ μακαρίου Ἰὼβ, ὅτι Εὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικός, ὀλίγος βίος, ἐλεύθερος ὧν πολλῶν καὶ ἀδιαξοδεύτων φροντίδων βιωτικῶν.
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