Sentences of Sextus
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Deo dignus est, qui dignum deo agit.
He is worthy of God who does what is worthy of God.
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Studens fidelis esse nihil, .quod deo indignum est, agas.
Striving to be faithful, do nothing that is unworthy of God.
Chapter 6
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Infidelis homo mortuus in corpore uiuenti.
An unfaithful man is dead in a living body.
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Non est minimum in uita hominis neglegere minima.
It is no small thing in a man's life to neglect the small things.
Chapter 11
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Non manus aut oculus peccat aut aliquod huiusmodi menibrum, sed male uti manu uel oculo.
It is not the hand or the eye or any such member that sins, but the evil use of the hand or the eye.
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Omne membrum eorporis, quod suadet te contra pudicitiam agere, abieiendum. melius est enim sine uno membro uiuere quam cum eo puniri.
Every member of the body that urges you to act against chastity is to be cast away; for it is better to live without one member than to be punished with it.
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Inmortales tibi erede manere in iudicio et honores et poenas.
Believe that both the honours and the punishments in the judgment remain immortal for you.
Chapter 15
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Quiequid saeeuli habes, etiam auferat tibi quis, non indigneris.
Whatever of this world you have, even if someone takes it from you, do not be indignant.
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Te ipsum reprehensibilem mundo non praebeas.
Do not show yourself blameworthy to the world.
Chapter 17
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Omnia auferenti abs te cede praeter libertatem.
Yield everything to one who takes it from you, except your freedom.
Chapter 18
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Sapiens vir et contemptor pecuniae similis deo est.
A wise man who despises money is like God.
Chapter 19
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Rebus saeeuli in eausis tantum necessariis utere.
Use the things of this world only for necessary purposes.
Chapter 20
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Quae saeeuli sunt, saeculo, et quae dei sunt, deo.
The things of the world to the world, and the things of God to God.
Chapter 21
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Certus esto, quia animam tuam depositum fidele aeceperis a deo.
Be sure that you have received your soul from God as a faithful deposit.
Chapter 22
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Cum loqueris de deo, seito, quia iudiceris a deo.
When you speak about God, know that you are judged by God.
Chapter 23
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Optimam purificationem putato nocere nemini.
Consider it the best purification to harm no one.
Chapter 24
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Anima purifieatur in uerbo dei per sapientiam.
The soul is purified in the word of God through wisdom.
Chapter 25
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Numquam putes dei substantiam insensibile esse.
Never think that the substance of God is without feeling.
Chapter 26
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Deus sieut mens est, quae sponte mouetur, secundum hoc et subsistit.
God is like a mind that moves of itself; and in this way he also subsists.
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Magnitudinem dei non inuenies, etiamsi pennis volare possis.
You will not find the greatness of God, even if you could fly with wings.
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Nomen dei non quaeras, quia nec inuenies, quia.
Do not seek the name of God, for you will not find it, because …
Chapter 29
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Nihil ergo in deo quod non lieet quaeras.
Seek, then, nothing in God that is not permitted.
Chapter 30
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Deus sapiens lux est incapax eontraril.
God is wise light, incapable of its contrary.
Chapter 31
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Quaecumque autem fecit deus, pro hominibus ea fecit.
Whatever God has made, he made for the sake of men.
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Angelus minister est dei ad hominem; non enim ministrat ad nullum; tam pretiosus est homo apud deum.
An angel is God's minister to man; for he does not minister to no one: so precious is man with God.
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Primus benefieus deus; secundus est is qui benefieii eius fit particeps homo.
God is the first benefactor; second is the man who becomes a partaker of his kindness.
Chapter 34
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Uiue igitur tamquam qui sis post deum secundus et electus ab eo.
Live, then, as one who is second after God and chosen by him.
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Habes in te aliquid simili dei et ideo utere te ipso velut templo dei propter illud, quod. in te simile dei.
You have in you something like God; therefore use yourself as a temple of God, because of that in you which is like God.
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Libertatem arbitrii sui permisit hominibus deus sine dubio, ut pure et sine peccato uiuentes similes fiant deo.
God has without doubt granted men the freedom of their own choice, so that, living purely and without sin, they may become like God.
Chapter 37
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Nihil admittas, quod tibi inurat notam.
Admit nothing that would brand a mark on you.
Chapter 39
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Male uiuentes cum e corpore excesserint eruciabit malus daemon usque quo exigat ab eis etiam nouis-.
When those who live wickedly have gone out of the body, an evil demon will torment them until he exacts from them even the last [penny].
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Beatus vir, euius animam nemo reprehendit ad deum pergentem.
Blessed is the man whose soul no one reproaches as it goes on its way to God.
Chapter 41
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Quiequid supra omnia honoraueris, hoe tibi domimabitur.
Whatever you honour above all things will rule over you.
Chapter 42
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Deum ergo honora super omnia, ut ipse tibi dominetur.
Honour God, then, above all things, so that he himself may rule over you.
Chapter 43
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Si autem dominatum tui gerit deus, ita demum tu dominaberis omnibus.
But if God has dominion over you, then at last you will have dominion over all things.
Chapter 44
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Honor summus deo scire eum et imitari.
The highest honour to God is to know him and to imitate him.
Chapter 45
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Simile quidem deo per omnia-nihil est, grata tamen ei est inferioris, prout possibile est, imitatio.
Nothing indeed is like God in all respects; yet imitation by an inferior, as far as is possible, is pleasing to him.
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Templum sanctum est deo mens pii et altare optimum est ei cor mundum et sine peeeato.
The mind of the pious man is a holy temple for God, and a pure heart without sin is the best altar for him.
Chapter 47
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Hostia deo sola et aeceptabilis bene faeere hominibus pro deo.
The only sacrifice to God, and an acceptable one, is to do good to men for God's sake.
Chapter 48
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Deo gratiam praestat homo, qui in quantum possibile est uiuit secundum deum.
A man renders thanks to God who, as far as is possible, lives according to God.
Chapter 49
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Deus quidem nullius eget, fidelis autem dei solius.
God needs nothing; but the faithful man needs God alone.
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Aemulatur ergo illum, qui nullius eget, is qui paueis in rebus necessariis indiget.
He who needs few things, and those necessary, imitates the one who needs nothing.
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Satis age magnus quidem esse apud deum, apud homines uero inuidiam effugere.
Strive enough to be great before God, but before men to escape envy.
Chapter 52
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Si benignus es apud indigentes, magnus eris apud deum.
If you are kind to the needy, you will be great before God.
Chapter 53
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Sapiens uir, cuius uiuentis quidem parva est apud homines opinio, defuneti vero gloria praedicatur.
A wise man: while he lives, his reputation among men is small; but when he has died, his glory is proclaimed.
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Omne tempus in quo non de deo cogitas, hoc te computa perdidisse.
Count every hour in which you do not think of God as lost to you.
Chapter 55
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Corpus quidem tuum ineedat in terra, anima autem semper sit apud deum.
Let your body walk on the earth, but let your soul always be with God.
Chapter 56
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Intellege quae sint bona, ut bene agas.
Understand what things are good, so that you may do good.
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Cogitatio hominis deum non latet et ideo cogitatio tua pura sit ab omni malo.
A man's thought does not escape God; therefore let your thought be pure from all evil.
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Dignus esto eo, qui dignatus est te filium dicere, et age omnia quasi filius dei.
Be worthy of him who has deigned to call you son, and do all things as a son of God.
Chapter 59
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Qui deum patrem voeas, hoc in aetibus tuis memor esto.
You who call God Father, remember this in your actions.
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Uir eastus et sine peccato potestatem accipiet a deo esse filius dei.
A chaste man without sin will receive from God power to be a son of God.
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Iniustum si inhibeas agere iniuste, hoc est seeundum deum punire.
If you restrain an unjust man from acting unjustly, this is to punish according to God.
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Satis age non uideri, sed esse iustus. certum est enim uere non esse eum qui uideri vult.
Strive not to seem righteous, but to be righteous; for it is certain that he who wants to seem is not truly so.
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Honora quod iustum est propter hoc ipsum, quia iustum est.
Honour what is just for this very reason, that it is just.
Chapter 66
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Nequaquam latebis deum agens iniuste, sed nee cogitans quidem.
You will never escape God's notice when you act unjustly, nor even when you think it.
Chapter 67
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Contine eorpus in omnibus, quia ex delieiis et uoluptatibus non effugies spurcitiam.
Restrain the body in all things, for from luxuries and pleasures you will not escape filthiness.
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Uerbum uel ratio praecedat actus tuos.
Let word, or reason, go before your actions.
Chapter 75
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Pernieiosum est seruire uitiis. quanta uitia habet anima, tot et dominos.
It is ruinous to be a slave to vices: as many vices as the soul has, so many masters too.
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Amor peeuniae amorem carnalium indieat.
Love of money shows love of the things of the flesh.
Chapter 77
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Adquire possessionem firmam animae, virtutem.
Acquire a firm possession for the soul: virtue.
Chapter 78
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Renuntia rebus eorporis, dum adhue potes et quantum potes.
Renounce the things of the body while you still can and as far as you can.
Chapter 79
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Hoe solum tibi proprium dicito, quod bonum est.
Call only that your own which is good.
Chapter 80
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Qualis uis esse, cum oras deum, semper talis esto.
Such as you wish to be when you pray to God, be always such.
Chapter 81
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Cum optima quaeque abieceris praedam, tunc velut purifieatus pete quod vis a deo.
When you have cast away all the best things as plunder, then, as one purified, ask of God what you wish.
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Qualis uis esse apud deum, iam nune esto talis, eum distribuis ea quae mundi sunt; et ea desplee tamquam qui te scias esse post deum.
Such as you wish to be before God, be such now already, when you distribute the things of the world; and despise them, as one who knows that you are next after God.
Chapter 83
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Lingua maleloquax indicium mentis est malae.
An evil-speaking tongue is the sign of an evil mind.
Chapter 84
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Insuesee linguam tuam bene proloqui, et maxime eum de deo sermo fit.
Accustom your tongue to speak well, and above all when the talk is about God.
Chapter 85
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Male quidem faeere deo nemo potest; inpius autem est qui blasphemat; hoe enim solum quod potuit fecit.
No one, indeed, can do evil to God; but he who blasphemes is impious, for he has done the only thing he could.
Chapter 86
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Fundamentum pietatis continentia, eulmen autem pietatis amicitia ad deum.
The foundation of piety is self-control, and the summit of piety is friendship with God.
Chapter 87
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Opta tibi euenire non quod uis sed quod expedit.
Wish that not what you want may happen to you, but what is expedient.
Chapter 89
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Qualem uis esse tibi proximum tuum, talis et tu esto proximis tuis.
Such as you wish your neighbour to be to you, be such yourself to your neighbours.
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
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Nulli suadenti adquieseas petere quod non est bonum.
Agree with no one who urges you to ask for what is not good.
Chapter 92
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Quae tibi deus dat, auferre nullus potest.
What God gives you no one can take away.
Chapter 93
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Delibera priusquam agas, et antequam agas peruide quale sit quod facturus es.
Deliberate before you act, and before you act examine what kind of thing it is that you are about to do.
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Si quid non uis seire deum, hoe ne agas nec cogites.
If there is anything you do not want God to know, neither do it nor think it.
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Priusquam agas quodeumque agis, cogita deum, ut lux eius praecedat actus tuos.
Before you do whatever you do, think of God, so that his light may go before your actions.
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Grandis inpietas in deum hominem affligere.
To afflict a man is great impiety against God.
Chapter 97
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Anima inluminatur recordatione dei.
The soul is enlightened by the remembrance of God.
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
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Oecasiones bonorum perquire etiam eum labore.
Seek out opportunities for good things, even with toil.
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Noli diligere ea, quae eorporis sunt.
Do not love the things that belong to the body.
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Purgatur anima insipientis, eum arguitur intrinsecus latens sensus eius.
The soul of the foolish man is purged when his inner hidden thought is rebuked.
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Deus in bonis actibus hominibus dux est.
God is the guide of men in good actions.
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Dilige omnem, qui eiusdem teeum maturae est, deum uero etiam plus quam animam tuam dilige.
Love everyone who is of the same nature as you; but love God even more than your soul.
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Pessimum est peccatoribus in unum conuenire, eum peccant.
It is very evil for sinners to come together in one when they sin.
Chapter 108
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Multi eibi inpediunt castitatem et incontinentia eiborum inmundum facit hominem.
Much food hinders chastity, and lack of self-control in food makes a man unclean.
Chapter 109
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Animantium omnium usus quidem in cibis indifferens, abstinere vero rationabilius est.
The use of all living things for food is indifferent, but abstaining is more reasonable.
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Non cibi, qui per os inferuntur, polluunt hominem, sed ea quae ex malis actibus proferuntur.
It is not the foods that are taken in through the mouth that defile a man, but the things that come forth from evil actions.
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Quiequid cupiditate vietus acceperis polluit te.
Whatever you take, overcome by desire, defiles you.
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
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In omni quod bene agis auctorem esse deputa deum.
In every good thing you do, consider God the author.
Chapter 114
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Non amplius possideas, quam usus corporis poseit.
Do not possess more than the use of the body requires.
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In delieiis positus eorporis certum est, quia ignoras illa, quae praeparata sunt a deo.
It is certain that one who is set among the luxuries of the body does not know the things prepared by God.
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Ea posside, quae nullus possit auferre a te.
Possess those things which no one can take away from you.
Chapter 119
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Fer quod necesse est, sieut necesse est.
Bear what is necessary as it is necessary.
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
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Ea, quae si eontemnas recte laudaris, ne retineas; in quibus probabiliter magnifieus eris, haec optine.
Do not keep those things for which you would rightly be praised if you despised them; obtain those in which you will reasonably be magnificent.
Chapter 122
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Haee posce de deo, quae dignum est praestare deum.
Ask from God those things which it is worthy for God to grant.
Chapter 123
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Ratio, quae in te est, uitae tuae ipsa sit lex.
Let the reason that is in you be itself the law of your life.
Chapter 124
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In quibus praecedere debet labor, haee tibi opta euenire post laborem.
Wish that those things for which toil must come first may come to you after the toil.
Chapter 126
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Oratio uel vota pigri sermo uanus.
The prayers or vows of a lazy man are empty words.
Chapter 127
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Non oportet contemni ea, quibus etiam post depositionem eorporis indigemus.
The things which we need even after laying aside the body ought not to be despised.
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Non petas a deo id, quod cum habueris non perpetuo optinebis.
Do not ask of God that which, when you have it, you will not keep for ever.
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Insuesee animam magnum aliquid de se sentire post deum.
Accustom your soul to think something great of itself, next after God.
Chapter 130
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Nihil pretiosum ducas, quod potest a te auferre homo malus.
Count nothing precious that a wicked man can take away from you.
Chapter 131
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Hoe solum bonum putato, quod deo dignum est.
Consider that alone good which is worthy of God.
Chapter 132
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Quod deo dignum est, hoe et viro bono.
What is worthy of God is also worthy of a good man.
Chapter 133
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Quiequid non conuenit ad beatitudinem dei, nec conueniat homini dei.
Whatever does not fit the blessedness of God, let it not fit the man of God either.
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Haee debes uelle, quae uult et deus.
You ought to will the things that God also wills.
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Filius dei est, qui haec sola pretiosa dueit, quae et deus.
He is a son of God who counts precious only those things which God also counts precious.
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Donee in desideriis est egaro, anima ignorat deum:.
As long as the flesh is in its desires, the soul does not know God.
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Cupiditas possidendi origo est auaritiae.
The desire of possessing is the origin of avarice.
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Cum semet ipsum quis amplius diligit, inde iniustitia nascitur.
When someone loves himself more, injustice is born from that.
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Naturaliter parum quid corpus molestum est animae, luxuria vero facit corpus intolerabile.
By nature the body is little troublesome to the soul, but luxury makes the body unbearable.
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Omne quod plus est homini, quam necesse sit, inimicum est ei.
Everything that a man has beyond what is necessary is his enemy.
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Qui amat quod non expedit non amabit quod expedit.
He who loves what is not expedient will not love what is expedient.
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Qui studium habet erga ea, quae non sunt bona, latebunt ei, quae bona sunt.
To one who is devoted to things that are not good, the things that are good will remain hidden.
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sapientis mens semper apud deum est.
The mind of the wise man is always with God.
Chapter 145
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Inexplebilis est omnis cupiditas, propterea et semper indiget.
Every desire is insatiable, and therefore always in need.
Chapter 147
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Suffieit ad beatitudinem agmnitio dei solius et imitatio.
The knowledge and imitation of God alone suffice for blessedness.
Chapter 149
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Intolerabilis fit malitia eum laudatur.
Wickedness becomes unbearable when it is praised.
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
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Melius est lapidem frustra iactare quam uanum uerbum de deo proferre.
It is better to throw a stone at random than to utter an idle word about God.
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Delibera antequam dieas, ne quae non expedit dieas.
Deliberate before you speak, so that you may not say what is not expedient.
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
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Ante omnia tempus uerbis tuis requirito.
Before all things, seek the right time for your words.
Chapter 161
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Tune loquere, quando taeere non expedit.
Speak then, when it is not expedient to be silent.
Chapter 162
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De quibus ignoras tace, de quibus autem certus es loquere opportune.
About what you do not know, be silent; but about what you are sure of, speak at the right time.
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Sermo extra tempus indicium malitiosae mentis.
Speech out of season is the sign of a malicious mind.
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In conuentu ne satis agas primus dieere.
In an assembly do not strive to be the first to speak.
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Melius uinci uera dicentem, quam uincere mentientem.
It is better to be defeated when speaking the truth than to win by lying.
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
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Nihil autem tam uernaculum sapientiae, quam ueritas.
Nothing is so native to wisdom as truth.
Chapter 169
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Numquam potest bona effici anima mendacium diligens.
A soul that loves falsehood can never be made good.
Chapter 170
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Pravo et pessimo ingenio fides aliena est.
Faith is foreign to a crooked and very evil disposition.
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Fidelis homo audire,quae oportet amat magis quam dicere quae non oportet.
A faithful man loves to hear what he ought more than to say what he ought not.
Chapter 172
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Inreprehensibilis autem in uerbis utitur de deo.
The blameless man, then, uses words about God.
Chapter 174
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Peccata discentium obprobria sunt doctorum.
The sins of the learners are the disgrace of the teachers.
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Mortui sunt apud deum, per quos nomen dei maledicitur.
They are dead before God through whom the name of God is cursed.
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Sermones tui uitam custodiant auditoribus.
Let your words guard the life of your hearers.
Chapter 178
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Quod fieri non debet, nee in suspitionem venias quasi faeias.
What ought not to be done, do not even come under suspicion of doing.
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Ea quae pati non uis neque facias.
What you do not want to suffer, do not do either.
Chapter 180
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Quae tibi faeere turpe est, haee et alii inperare facienda turpissimum.
What is shameful for you to do, it is most shameful to command another to do.
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Etiam in cogitationibus mundus esto a peecatis.
Be clean of sins even in your thoughts.
Chapter 182
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Cum praees hominibus, memento, quia et tibi praeest deus.
When you are set over men, remember that God is also set over you.
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Et iudieans homines scito, quia et ipse iudiceris a deo.
And when you judge men, know that you yourself are also judged by God.
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Maius est perieulum iudieantis, quam eius qui iudieatur.
The danger of the one who judges is greater than that of the one who is judged.
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Leuius est omne uulnus quam linguae uulnus.
Every wound is lighter than the wound of the tongue.
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Possibile est uerbo fallere hominem, non tamen deum.
It is possible to deceive a man with a word, but not God.
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Non putes malum, si eum ueritatem scias uinearis in uerbo.
Do not think it an evil if, while you know the truth, you are defeated in argument.
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Male sentire de fide amor iactantiae facit.
The love of boasting makes one think ill of the faith.
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Fidelis esse magis quam uideri stude.
Strive to be faithful rather than to seem so.
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Cole sapientem uirum sieut imaginem dei uiuentis.
Revere a wise man as the image of the living God.
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Sapiens vir, etiamsi nudus sit, sapiens habeatur apud te.
A wise man, even if he is naked, should be held wise by you.
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Neminem propterea honores, quia habet multas pecunias.
Honour no one because he has much money.
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Derogare uirum sapientem et deum aequale.
To disparage a wise man and to disparage God are equal.
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Uerbum de deo loquens depositum te putato aecepisse a deo animas auditorum.
When you speak a word about God, consider that you have received from God the souls of your hearers as a deposit.
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Ne putes bene uiuere, qui non integre credit.
Do not think that one who does not believe wholeheartedly lives well.
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Quod bonum est, hoe solum te dieere puta.
Consider that you say only what is good.
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Numquam eris sapiens, si te putaueris ne antequam sis.
You will never be wise if you think yourself wise before you are.
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In tribulationibus magnis qui sit fidelis ostenditur.
In great tribulations it is shown who is faithful.
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Finem uitae aestima uiuere seeundum deum.
Consider the end of life to be living according to God.
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Nihil putes malum quod non sit et turpe.
Think nothing evil that is not also shameful.
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Mali finis iniuria, iniuriae autem perditio.
The end of evil is injury, and the end of injury is destruction.
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Non ascendit passio in eor hominis fidelis.
Passion does not rise into the heart of a faithful man.
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Omnis passio animi rationi eius inimica est.
Every passion of the soul is the enemy of its reason.
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Quiequid feceris, dum in passione est anima, poenitebis.
Whatever you do while the soul is in passion, you will regret.
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Malitia aegritudo est animae, animae autem mors iniustitia et inpietas.
Wickedness is the disease of the soul, and injustice and impiety are the death of the soul.
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Non te putato fidelem, eum passionibus animae carueris.
Do not consider yourself faithful until you are free of the passions of the soul.
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Omnibus hominibus ita utere quasi communis prouisor omnium post deum.
Treat all men as if you were the common provider of all, next after God.
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Qui hominibus male utitur, se ipso male utitur.
He who treats men badly treats himself badly.
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Opta, ut bene possis faeere inimicis.
Pray that you may be able to do good to your enemies.
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Malis hominibus ineptus uidetur uir sapiens.
To wicked men a wise man seems foolish.
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Omnia suffer pro eo, ut secundum deum uiuas.
Bear all things for the sake of living according to God.
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Orationem non exaudit deus hominis, qui egenum non exaudit.
God does not hear the prayer of a man who does not hear the needy.
Chapter 218
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Honorans sapientem honorabis te ipsum.
In honouring a wise man you will honour yourself.
Chapter 220
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Cum filium te dei quis dicit, memento cuius te filium dicat.
When someone calls you a son of God, remember whose son he calls you.
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Deum patrem invocans in aetibus tuis hoe memorare.
Calling upon God as Father, remember this in your actions.
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Nefas est deum patrem inuocare et inhonestum aliquid agere.
It is a sin to call upon God as Father and to do anything dishonourable.
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Qui non diligit sapientem nec se ipsum.
He who does not love the wise man does not love himself either.
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Nulla propria possessio putetur philosophi.
Let nothing be considered the philosopher's own possession.
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Quorum communis est deus idemque pater, horum nisi et possessio communis est, inpii sunt.
Those whose God is common and the same Father are impious unless their possessions too are common.
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Deo ingratus est qui non magni ducit philosophum.
He is ungrateful to God who does not esteem the philosopher highly.
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Coniugium tibi refutare concessum est, idcirco ut uiuas indesinenter adhaerens deo. nubere et filios procreare pessimum seias utrumque; sin autem tamquam proelium seiens esse pessimum, tamen pugnare non uis, et uxorem nube et filios procrea.
You are permitted to refuse marriage, so that you may live cleaving to God without ceasing. Know that marrying and begetting children are both very hard; but if, knowing it to be very hard, like a battle, you nevertheless do not wish to fight, then marry a wife and beget children.
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Adulter etiam propriae uxoris omnis inpudicus.
Every unchaste man is an adulterer even with his own wife.
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Scito te adulterum esse etiam si cogitasti de adulterio. sed et de omni peecato eadem tibi sit ratio.
Know that you are an adulterer even if you have thought of adultery; and let the same reckoning hold for you about every sin.
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Fidelem te professus spopondisti pariter non peeeare deo.
Having professed yourself faithful, you have promised at the same time not to sin against God.
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Fideli mulieri ornatui ducatur pudicitia.
Let chastity be counted the adornment of a faithful woman.
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Uir, qui uxorem dimittit, profitetur se nee mulierem regere.
A man who puts away his wife declares that he cannot even govern a woman.
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Reverentiam habens uxori habes eam reverentem.
If you show reverence to your wife, you have her reverent.
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Fidelium eoniugium certamen habeat continentiae.
Let the marriage of the faithful be a contest of self-control.
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Prout continueris ventrem, ita et uenerios motus.
As you restrain the belly, so also the sexual impulses.
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
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Quae gratis aecipis a deo, praesta gratis.
What you receive freely from God, give freely.
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Multitudinem fidelium non inuenies, rarum enim est omne, quod bonum est.
You will not find a multitude of the faithful, for everything that is good is rare.
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Cum argueris, ut sapiens fias, habe gratiam arguentibus.
When you are rebuked so that you may become wise, be grateful to those who rebuke you.
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Qui sapienti non obtemperat nec deo obtemperat.
He who does not obey a wise man does not obey God either.
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Fidelis uolens esse praecipue quidem nitere, ne peeces; quod etsi forte acciderit, saltim ne iteretur id ipsum.
If you want to be faithful, strive above all not to sin; and if it should perhaps happen, at least let the same thing not be repeated.
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Doctrinam, quae non est deo digna, ne discas.
Do not learn a teaching that is not worthy of God.
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Multa uelle seire curiositas animi putanda est.
To want to know many things is to be considered curiosity of the soul.
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Qui cognoscit, quae deo digna sunt, ille sapiens.
He who knows what is worthy of God is wise.
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Doctrinam, ex qua proficere potes in amore dei, illam specialiter et necessario expete.
The teaching by which you can advance in the love of God, seek that above all, and as a necessity.
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Sapiens uir parcit ne perdat tempus.
A wise man is sparing, so as not to lose time.
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ixi ut te liberi male uiuentes magis quam morientes.
… your children living wickedly, more than dying.
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Uiuere quidem non. est in nobis, recte autem uiuere in nobis est.
To live is not in our power, but to live rightly is in our power.
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Fidelis uir non ingrate fert abiectionem We rorum.
A faithful man does not take ungratefully the rejection of … .
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Non iudices esse philosophum, eui non de omnibus eredis.
Do not judge him to be a philosopher whom you do not trust about everything.
Chapter 259
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Criminationes adversus philosophum noli recipere.
Do not accept accusations against a philosopher.
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Exeerabile sit tibi etiam iuste aliquid punire.
Let it be abhorrent to you to punish anything, even justly.
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Si uis eum laetitia animi uiuere, noli multa agere; in multis enim aetibus noceris.
If you wish to live with gladness of soul, do not do many things; for in many actions you are harmed.
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Quod non posuisti, non tollas, sed suffieiant tibi quae tua sunt.
Do not take up what you did not lay down, but let your own things suffice you.
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Derelinquens quae possides sequere uerbum dei; liber enim eris ab omnibus, eum deo servis.
Leaving what you possess, follow the word of God; for you will be free from all things when you serve God.
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Pro reficiendo paupere etiam ieiunare bonum est.
To fast for the sake of refreshing a poor man is also good.
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Homo qui a uentre uincitur similis est beluae.
A man who is conquered by his belly is like a beast.
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Turpissimae libidinis ea quidem, quae suauia sunt, eito transeunt, probra vero perpetua manent.
The pleasures of the most shameful lust pass quickly, but the disgraces remain for ever.
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Solent homines abscidere aliqua membrorum suorum pro sanitate reliquorum; quanto id praestantius pro.
Men are accustomed to cut off some of their members for the health of the rest; how much better to do it for …
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Grandem poenam putato cum desideriis optinueris, numquam enim compescit desiderium possessio desideratorum.
Consider it a great punishment when you have obtained your desires; for the possession of what is desired never quiets desire.
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Non est sapiens faetum, in quo libertas aufertur.
An act in which freedom is taken away is not wise.
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Libidinem necessariam tamquam necessariam duecito.
Treat necessary desire as necessary.
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Bona quidem habere omnes optant, optinent autem hi qui semetipsos exintro uerbo dei maneiparunt.
All men wish to have good things, but they obtain them who have given themselves over entirely to the word of God from within.
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Philosophus et honestus esto et non obtreetator.
Be, as a philosopher, honourable and not a detractor.
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Nimius risus indieium est animae neglegentis ; non ergo tibi ipsi indulgeas plus diffundi quam subridere.
Excessive laughter is the sign of a careless soul; do not, then, allow yourself to break out further than a smile.
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Castorum uita sit tibi ad honestatis exemplum.
Let the life of the chaste be for you an example of honour.
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Optimum quidem est non peccare, peccantem vero agnoscere, quam ignorare melius est.
It is best not to sin; but for one who sins, it is better to acknowledge it than to be unaware of it.
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Magnam seito esse sapientiam, per quam ferre potes ineruditorum inperitiam.
Know that it is great wisdom by which you can bear the ignorance of the uneducated.
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Turpe ducito proprio ore laudari.
Consider it shameful to be praised by your own mouth.
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Sapientum animae insatiabiles in amore dei.
The souls of the wise are insatiable in the love of God.
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Exordium a deo sume in agendo, quae agis.
Take your beginning from God in doing whatever you do.
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Ore prius deum habeto in mente quam respiras.
Have God in your mind more often than you breathe.
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Ea, quae oportet-discere et ita facere, ne coneris faeere, de.
The things which you ought to learn and so do, do not try to do … .
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Domestieorum indignationes ferre sapientis est.
It belongs to the wise man to bear the indignation of those of his household.
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Si quid proprium ali tradideris, at ipse non habebis, non iudiees bonum.
If you have handed over something of your own to another and no longer have it yourself, do not judge it good.
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Nihil bonum, quod non potest esse commune.
Nothing is good that cannot be common.
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Non dueas aliud alio peeeatum leuius.
Do not consider one sin lighter than another.
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Sicut in bonis aetibus laudari uis, ita in delictis patienter aecipe, si culperis.
As you wish to be praised in good actions, so in faults accept it patiently if you are blamed.
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Quorum laudes contemnis, nec derogationes magni pendas.
Those whose praises you despise, do not value their disparagement highly either.
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Thesaurum defodere quidem inhumanum est, inuentum autem auferre non est philosophi.
To bury a treasure is inhumane, but to carry off a treasure found is not the part of a philosopher.
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Quantum laboras pro eorpore, si tantum pro anima labores, sapiens eris.
If you labour as much for the soul as you labour for the body, you will be wise.
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Omnia. quae agis, deum inuoca testem.
In all that you do, call upon God as witness.
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Non poterit sapiens eompelli facere quod non uult, sieut nee deus.
The wise man cannot be compelled to do what he does not want, any more than God can.
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Deus inter opera sua onmia plus super sapientem gloriatur.
Among all his works God glories most over the wise man.
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Nihil tale uerum post deum, sicut sapiens post uerum.
Nothing is so true after God as the wise man, after the truth.
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Particeps regni dei est uir sapiens.
A wise man is a partaker of the kingdom of God.
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Quaeceunque deus possidet, haec et sapiens.
Whatever God possesses, the wise man possesses too.
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Malus uir non uult esse prouidentiam.
An evil man does not want there to be providence.
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Omne, quod malum est, deo inimicum est.
Everything that is evil is hostile to God.
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Quod sapit in te, hoe dueito esse hominem.
Consider that which is wise in you to be the man.
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Ubi est quod sapit in te, ibi est et bonum tuum.
Where that which is wise in you is, there also is your good.
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Quod animae non. nocet, nec homini.
What does not harm the soul does not harm the man either.
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Philosophum hominem tamquam dei ministrum honora post deum.
Honour a philosopher as a minister of God, next after God.
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Tabernaeulum eorporis grauiter quidem ferre superbum est, deponere autem posse eum oportuerit in pace beatum est.
To bear the tabernacle of the body with difficulty is proud; but to be able to lay it down in peace when one must is blessed.
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Mortis quidem ipse tibi eausa non fias; si quis autem te exuere uult eorpore, ne indigneris.
Do not yourself become the cause of your death; but if someone wants to strip you of the body, do not be indignant.
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Sapientem de corpore iniuste si quis extrudat, in iniquitate sua beneficium ei praestat, absoluitur enim tanquam de uineulis.
If someone unjustly drives a wise man out of the body, in his wickedness he does him a kindness, for he is released as from bonds.
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Hominem metus mortis contristat pro inperitia animae.
Fear of death saddens a man because of the ignorance of the soul.
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Ferrum, quo homines interimuntur, optimum quidem fuerat non fieri, faetum tamen apud te non sit factum.
It would have been best for the iron by which men are killed not to have been made; but, since it has been made, let it be as not made with you.
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Nulla simulatio multo tempore latebit et maxime in fide.
No pretence will remain hidden for long, and above all in faith.
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Prout sunt mores tui, talis sit et uita tua; mores enim religiosi faeiunt uitam beatam.
As your character is, so let your life be; for religious character makes a blessed life.
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Qui eogitat aduersum alium mala, praeueniens.
He who devises evils against another, anticipating …
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Non te inpediat a bene faeiendo homo ingratus.
Let not an ungrateful man hinder you from doing good.
Chapter 329
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Nihil eorum quod petitur maioris pretii dignum dueas pro eo, qui accipit.
Count nothing that is asked for worth more than the one who receives it.
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Optime utitur facultatibus is, qui indigentibus libenter tribuit.
He uses his means best who gives gladly to the needy.
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Fratrem uolentem a fide discedere persuade, ne faeiat, et si insanabilis est, magis conserua.
Persuade a brother who wants to depart from the faith not to do it; and if he is incurable, guard yourself the more.
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Intelleetum non prius habebis, quam intellexeris te non habere.
You will not have understanding until you understand that you do not have it.
Chapter 334
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Membra corporis sareina sunt his, qui eis non utuntur.
The members of the body are a burden to those who do not use them.
Chapter 336
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Ministrare aliis melius est, quam ministrari ab aliis.
It is better to serve others than to be served by others.
Chapter 337
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Quem deus non emittit ex corpore, non grauiter ferat.
Let him whom God does not send out of the body not take it hard.
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Sententiam, quae misericordiam uetat, non solum tenere, sed audire refugite.
Flee not only from holding, but even from hearing, an opinion that forbids mercy.
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Qui dat aliquid et inputat, contumeliam magis quam beneficium dedit.
He who gives something and reckons it up has given an insult rather than a kindness.
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Qui tuetur pupillos, erit multorum filiorum secundum deum pater.
He who protects orphans will be the father of many children according to God.
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Quicquid egeris causa gloriae, haee erit mereces - faeti tui.
Whatever you do for the sake of glory, that will be the reward of your deed.
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Si quid dederis ita ut hominibus innotescat, non homini, sed propriae libidini praestitisti.
If you give anything in such a way that it becomes known to men, you have given it not to a man but to your own desire.
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lraeundiam multitudinis ne prouoces in te.
Do not provoke the anger of the multitude against you.
Chapter 344
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Disce, quod oportet fieri, ut beatus fias.
Learn what ought to be done, so that you may become blessed.
Chapter 345
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Melius est fame mori, quam per incontinentiam uentris animam maeulare.
It is better to die of hunger than to stain the soul through lack of self-control in the belly.
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Uestimentum putato esse animae corpus tuum, mundum igitur id serua.
Consider your body to be the garment of the soul; keep it, therefore, clean.
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Qualia gesserit studia anima corpus inhabitans, tales habebit testes in iudicio.
According to the pursuits the soul followed while dwelling in the body, such witnesses will it have at the judgment.
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Inmundam animam inmundi daemones sibi uindicant.
Unclean demons claim an unclean soul for themselves.
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Fidelem animam et bonam in uia dei mali daemones non inpediunt.
Evil demons do not hinder a faithful and good soul on the way of God.
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Uerbum de deo non omni homini committas.
Do not entrust a word about God to every man.
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Non est tutum audire de deo homines uanae gloriae iactantia corruptos.
It is not safe for men corrupted by the boasting of vainglory to hear about God.
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De deo etiam quae uera sunt dicere periculum est et non paruum.
To speak about God, even things that are true, is a danger, and not a small one.
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De deo nihil dicas, quod non didieeris a deo.
Say nothing about God that you have not learned from God.
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Ei, qui non credit esse deum, de deo nihil loquaris.
To one who does not believe that God exists, say nothing about God.
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Si inmunis non es a flagitiosis operibus, de deo nihil diseeptes.
If you are not free from shameful deeds, do not discuss God.
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Si seis, quia aeceptum habent de te quod diliras deum hi qui te audiunt, tune eis loquere de deo.
If you know that those who hear you accept from you that you love God, then speak to them about God.
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Opera earitatis dei praecedant abs te et tune sermonem facito de deo.
Let works of the love of God go before you, and then speak about God.
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In multitudine dieere de deo non audeas.
Do not dare to speak about God before a crowd.
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Uerbum de deo parcius proferto magis quam de anima.
Utter a word about God more sparingly than about the soul.
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Melius est animam perdere, quam uerbum uanum de deo proferre.
It is better to lose your soul than to utter an idle word about God.
Chapter 363
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Uiri amantis deum corporis potestatem habet leo et tyrannus similiter.
A lion and a tyrant alike have power over the body of a man who loves God.
Chapter 364
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Cum tibi minatur tyrannus, cuius sis tune maxime memor esto.
When a tyrant threatens you, then above all remember whose you are.
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Uerbum de deo qui loquitur his, quibus non licet, proditor dei putandus est.
He who speaks a word about God to those to whom it is not permitted is to be considered a betrayer of God.
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Uerbum de deo reticere praestat magis quam temere proferre.
It is better to keep silent a word about God than to utter it rashly.
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Qui dieit de deo ea, quae non sunt, contra deum falsum loquitur.
He who says about God things that are not so speaks falsehood against God.
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Homo, qui nihil habet quod dicat de deo, uere desertus est a deo.
A man who has nothing to say about God is truly forsaken by God.
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Non est uerum, quod deum colat, qui hominem laedit.
It is not true that one who harms a man worships God.
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Fundamentum et initium est cultus dei, amare.
The foundation and beginning of the worship of God is to love.
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Qui hominum euram gerit et orat deum pro eis, iste uere a deo esse putandus est.
He who cares for men and prays to God for them is truly to be considered to be from God.
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Dei proprium est saluare quos dignos iudieat.
It is proper to God to save those whom he judges worthy.
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Cultoris autem dei est orare deum pro salute . hominum.
It is the part of a worshipper of God to pray to God for the salvation of men.
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Cum oranti tibi praestitum fuerit, quod poposeisti a deo, tune tibi potestatem permissam a deo intellege.
When what you asked of God has been granted to you as you prayed, then understand that power has been granted you by God.
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Melius est non habere, quam multa habentem nemini inpertiri.
It is better to have nothing than, having much, to share with no one.
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Si non das egentibus eum possis, non aceipis a deo eum poposceris.
If you do not give to the needy when you can, you do not receive from God when you ask.
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Qui ex animo dat cibum indigenti, parum quidem est quod dat, sed magna fiet ei bonae uoluntatis retributio.
He who gives food to the needy from the heart gives little indeed, but a great reward of good will shall be his.
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Deum qui putat esse et nihil ab eo curari, nihil differt ab eo, qui non crediderit esse deum.
He who thinks that God exists and that nothing is cared for by him differs in nothing from one who does not believe that God exists.
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Optime honorat deum ille qui mentem suam, in quantum fieri potest, similem facit deo.
He honours God best who makes his mind, as far as possible, like God.
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Deus quidem nequaquam indiget, laetatur autem super hos, qui indigentibus tribuunt.
God indeed needs nothing, but he rejoices over those who give to the needy.
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Fidelium pauca sint uerba, opera autem multa.
Let the words of the faithful be few, but their works many.
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Fidelis, qui libenter habet doceri, operarius efficitur veritatis.
A faithful man who gladly lets himself be taught becomes a worker of the truth.
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Praepara et apta te ad tribulationes et laetus eris.
Prepare and fit yourself for tribulations, and you will be glad.
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Quod non oportet fieri, nullo modo facias.
What ought not to be done, do in no way.
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Nemo sapiens uir est, qui deorsum respicit in terram et mensas.
No one is wise who looks down at the earth and at tables.
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Philosophi libertas non sit in nomine, sed in anima.
Let the philosopher's freedom be not in name but in the soul.
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Mentiri in uita deeipere est et decipi.
To lie in life is to deceive and to be deceived.
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Quid sit deus agnosce et quid in te quod agnoseit deum.
Recognize what God is, and what it is in you that recognizes God.
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Sine deo sunt hi, pro quibus uerbum dei maledicitur.
They are without God through whom the word of God is cursed.
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Animam mors non perdit, sed mala uita.
Death does not destroy the soul, but an evil life does.
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Si scis, a quo faetus es, et temetipsum agnoscis.
If you know by whom you were made, you know yourself too.
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Non est seeundum deum uiuere nisi pudice et bene et iuste quis agat.
To live according to God is nothing other than to act chastely, well, and justly.
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Hominum infidelium uita obprobrium est.
The life of unfaithful men is a disgrace.
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Ne te praetereat et malo ingenio uerba dei eommittas.
Let it not escape you, and do not entrust the words of God to an evil disposition.
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Animam de terra fides eleuat ad:deum.
Faith lifts the soul from the earth to God.
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Animae sapientis magnitudinem mon reperies, sieut nee dei quidem.
You will not find the greatness of the wise man's soul, just as you will not find that of God.
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Quaeeunque dat mundus, nemo firmiter tenet.
Whatever the world gives, no one holds firmly.
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Quaeeunque dat deus, nullus auferre potest.
Whatever God gives, no one can take away.
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Inmundae animae ne audeas loqui experimentum de deo.
Do not dare to speak to an unclean soul of the experience of God.
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Uiri periculum in operibus primo et sic in uerbis faeito,.
Test a man first in his works, and so in his words.
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Opinari quidem de deo faeile ab omnibus est, dicere autem ueritatem de deo soli iusto permittendum est.
To hold opinions about God is easy for everyone, but to speak the truth about God is to be permitted to the righteous man alone.
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Non erueiet anima tua corpus tuum neque animam tuam eruciet libido corporis.
Let not your soul torment your body, nor the lust of the body torment your soul.
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Insuesee te ipsum corpori quidem praebere, quae sua sunt, caste, e; animae, quae sua sunf, pie.
Accustom yourself to give the body what is its own chastely, and the soul what is its own piously.
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Pasee animam tuam uerbo dei, corpus uero simplicibus cibis.
Feed your soul with the word of God, but your body with simple foods.
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In illis insuesce gaudere animam tuam, in quibus recte gaudet.
Accustom your soul to rejoice in those things in which it rightly rejoices.
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Anima quae in rebus nullis gola indigna est apud deum.
A soul that is greedy in worthless things is unworthy before God.
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Sapientis anima deo aptatur a deo.
The soul of the wise man is fitted to God by God.
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Sapientis anima semper intuetur deum.
The soul of the wise man always looks upon God.
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Cor diligentis deum in manu dei stabilitum est.
The heart of one who loves God is established in the hand of God.
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Animae ascensus ad deum per uerbum dei est.
The soul's ascent to God is through the word of God.
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Sapiens sequitur deum et deus animam sapientis.
The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise man.
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Gaudet rex super hos quos regit, gaudet ergo et deus super sapientem.
A king rejoices over those he rules; so God too rejoices over the wise man.
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Inseparabilis est ab his, quos regit, ille qui regit, ita ergo et deus ab anima sapientis, quem tuetur et regit.
He who rules is inseparable from those he rules; so too God is inseparable from the soul of the wise man, whom he protects and rules.
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Dispensatur a deo uir sapiens et idcirco beatus est.
The wise man is governed by God, and therefore he is blessed.
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Anima sapientis probatur a deo per corpus.
The soul of the wise man is tested by God through the body.
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Non lingua sapientis probabilis est apud deum, sed mens.
It is not the tongue of the wise man that is approved before God, but his mind.
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Sapiens uir etiam cum taeet honorat deum.
A wise man honours God even when he is silent.
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Uentrem et ea, quae sub aluo sunt, qui non continet non est fidelis.
He who does not restrain his belly and what is below it is not faithful.
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Hominem scientia dei paucis uerbis uti facit.
The knowledge of God makes a man use few words.
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Multis uerbis uti de deo ignorantia dei facit.
Ignorance of God makes one use many words about God.
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Homo qui deum scit non multa ambitione utitur.
A man who knows God does not use much ambition.
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Qui eleetus dei est, faeit quidem omnia secundum deum, esse autem se ipse non iactat electum.
He who is chosen by God does all things according to God, but does not boast that he is chosen.
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Fidelis homo semper in metu est, usquequo eat ad deum.
A faithful man is always in fear until he goes to God.
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Homo, qui seeundo satiatur cibo nee dormit noete, coneubitum non effugit, sed ne apud deum quidem dignus est.
A man who is sated with food again and does not sleep at night does not escape sexual intercourse, and is not even worthy before God.
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Sapientem fatum non facit; gratia enim dei fato non subiacet; alioquin et deus.
Fate does not make the wise man; for the grace of God is not subject to fate; otherwise God too …
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Grauiter aecipit libidines eorporis uir fidelis.
A faithful man takes the lusts of the body hard.
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Agnosee, qui sunt filii dei in creaturis eius, et honora unumquemque pro merito post deum.
Recognize who are the sons of God among his creatures, and honour each one according to his merit, next after God.
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Nihil proprium dei dueas quod malum est.
Count nothing that is evil as belonging to God.
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Fidelis anima casta et sapiens propheta ueritatis dei est.
A faithful soul, chaste and wise, is a prophet of the truth of God.
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Non amabis deum, si non habueris in te aliquid simile dei.
You will not love God if you do not have in you something like God.
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Tantummodo non diligis deum, non ibis ad deum.
As long as you do not love God, you will not go to God.
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Consuesee te ipsum semper respicere ad deum.
Accustom yourself always to look toward God.
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Uidens deum facies mentem tuam talem, qualis est deus.
Seeing God, you will make your mind such as God is.
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Excole, quod intra te est, nee ei ex libidine corporis contumeliam facias.
Cultivate what is within you, and do not insult it through the lust of the body.
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Ineontaminatum custodi corpus tuum, tanquam si indumentum id aeeeperis a deo, sieut et uestimentum corporis tui inmaeulatum seruare studes.
Keep your body undefiled, as if you had received it from God as a garment, just as you strive to keep the clothing of your body spotless.
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Non mundae autem animae nihil audeas dicere de.
But to a soul that is not pure dare to say nothing about …