Τί δαψιλέστρεον πιαίνεις σοι τὰς σάρκας σου, τροφὴν σκωλήκων ἐσομένας ὅσον οὔπω; Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΠΕ' Μαριανῳ Ὑποδιακονῳ Source: Migne PG 79 153 |
Why are you so abundantly fat in your flesh, when in no time at all it will be food for worms? Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 185, To Marianus the Subdeacon |
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