"One of the monks was apprised of the death of [his] father. To the person who reported this he said: ‘Stop your blaspheming: my father is immortal.’"

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p. 6, Saying 91, from "Sayings of the Holy Monks" in Practicus [Λóγος πράκτικος] by Evagrius Ponticus. (Translated by John Wortley from Greek text ed. A & C. Guillaumont, Évagre le Pontique, Traité Pratique, SC 171, Paris, Cerf, 1971, pp. 482–715.)