to be feared...
only one trial, and that is sin...
All the rest is beside the point.
Whether you talk of plots, feuds, betrayals, slanders, abuses, accusations, confiscations of property... or universal war.
Whatever they may be,
they are fugitive
and they will perish.
They touch the mortal body,
but wreak no harm
on the watchful soul."
St. John Chrysostom
Painting: W. Paxton, in US public domain due to age
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