"An elder was asked: ‘Why do you never become faint-hearted?’ ‘Because each day I expect to die’, he replied."

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ProverbsChristian textsMonasticismDesert Fathers
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p. 25, Greek sayings no. 40

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p. 25, Greek sayings no. 40