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9 May 2022

Judgement Of The Wicked And The Good

Ὁ μὲν φαῦλος τάχιστα ἂ καταγνοίη καὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ· ὁ δὲ ἀγαθὸς οὐδὲ τοῦ κακοῦ ῥᾳδίως. Τὸ γὰρ εἰς κακίαν οὐχ ἔτοιμον, οὐδὲ εἰς ὑπόνοιαν εὐχερὲς.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΑΒ' Ζωσιμῳ Οἰκονομῳ


Source: Migne PG 79.97c-d
The wicked man is always swift to judgement against the good man, but the good man goes not to it so easily against the wicked man. For he, not being so swift to go to evil, does not easily suspect it.

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 32, To Zosimus the Steward

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