Letter 979
To Judianus the Bishop.
Do not be willing to be negligent, and to snore in sleep, and to let your mind be carried away, but rather to drive yourself onward toward the toils and labors undertaken for the sake of virtue, reckoning that unceasing toil is the better thing in comparison with a nature left neglected.
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Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ ἀμελεῖν βούλου, καὶ ῥέγκειν, καὶ μετεωρίζεσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἐκδιώκειν ἑαυτὸν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆς πόνους καὶ καμάτους, λογιζόμενος ὑπάρχειν ἀμείνονα πόνον συνεχῇ φύσεως ἀμελουμένης.
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