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Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian · St Theodota, Mother of Cosmas and Damian

Мысли, писанные двустишиями

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Throw everything off yourself, and then cut through the sea of ​​life; but do not set sail like a heavy ship that is ready to sink immediately. Remember the terrible death incessantly, as if it were before your eyes; and you will meet her less formidable. Continually build your mind into a church of God, so that inside your heart you have an immaterial support - the King. Know yourself, from what and how you are created, my valiant one, and through this you will conveniently achieve the beauty of the Prototype. One day leads you to another; and he constantly barks who is easy in himself; but in the heart of a well-ordered person there is an endless day. He who relies on what is transitory and what comes, entrusts himself to a stream that does not stand in one place. For me, both a worthless life and a worthless word are equally bad. If you have one, you will have both. For an unclean person to begin a sacrifice means to offend God. But he insults Him even more who honors all the remains of the dead. Never stop on the path to perfection. It’s bad to constantly go into the depths. And you, who are just emerging from the abyss of sin, are still standing. He is a sighted blind man who does not see how destructive his sin is. Being able to discover the tracks of an animal is a sign of acute vision. If, having a need for a doctor for your infirmities, you hide your illness; then you will not be saved from unhealed rottenness. Your word, my business. Whoever has done a bad deed has a dubious assistant - eloquence. Saturation makes you insolent, and I, my valiant one, want you to take care of what keeps the eternally nourished soul within proper limits. I also wish that you become rich in God alone, and always honor the whole world on an equal basis with the web tissues. The blessings of real life are very alien to man; Human virtue is what alone makes up life. Proceed, the word of the undeceitful Adviser - God, cries out to everyone, proceed immediately to the knowledge of the heavenly Trinity! You, who have been bound by an honest marriage in this life, apply your mind to how you can bring more fruit into the heavenly winepress! And you, virgin brides, who have accepted the Word of the great God into your arms, try to offer everything as a gift to God! Lonely life is an all-illuminating light; but it is necessary to remove the heart from the world, and keep oneself away from the carnal. It is insulting to faith not to have it in your heart, but to present it in any color. The paint is not difficult to wash off; and I love what penetrates into the depths. There is no need to have either inexorable justice or prudence that chooses crooked paths. The best thing is moderation in everything. Moderate your courage, otherwise it will be insolence and not courage. Some gaiety is also a sign of chastity. It is wonderful to have a mind always open to God's word; Through this, knowledge of heavenly laws is acquired. Hurry to become perfect; do not please those whom it is best not to please; to indulge sin is the most inglorious glory. It is a shame for the virtuous to be the defender of the vicious; it’s almost the same as stepping onto the path of vice with your own foot. Gold is tested in the crucible, and the virtuous is tested in tribulations. Often grief is easier than the state of being unharmed. He who has denied his father will easily deny the great God. And respect your mentor in piety as your father. The moth eats everything; and do not leave your property for the grave; The best funeral honor is a good name. Have mercy on your neighbors, especially the dead, who have left everything and cannot do anything to you. Leaving the whole world and every burden here, set sail to heavenly life. Continually strive for more and more perfect deeds, being made wise by God; Most of all, let the Trinity be the subject of your care. After a good beginning comes a beautiful end; the justice of this is shown by the very consequences of the deeds. This is the beginning that brings people a good end - work sacredly to purify your life! Inspired by the teaching, do not fly without real wings; because without wings a bird cannot fly. A person's greatest glory in life is knowledge; but it also harms those who use it for evil. Be careful that vain glory does not deceive you - this is a trap for people of narrow minds. When you do good, try and stand in it; because the transition to worse is quick. Curb your laughter and set a limit to your anger, and by all means drive away idle words. First of all, fear God, honor your parents, speak with praise of the priests, and have respect for the elders. The law commands a son never to enter into an argument with his father, and before the law, nature. What you do not want to endure from another, do not want to do to another. For someone who has committed a serious offense, anger is not severe; because the court rewards only equals for equals. From wise lips drop the sweetest words; and the bitter larynx spews out abuse. Streams of sweetness flow from a kind-speaking tongue, and rotten speech will be born from immodest lips. Friends love and are loved by friends, but enemies despise and disgrace friends. The doors of the rich are closed to poor friends; The rich always love brilliant palaces. Water is a wonderful drink; it does not disturb the clarity of thoughts; and drinking a cup of wine clouds the mind. Wine, by its nature, is unfamiliar with chastity; It produces pleasure because it irritates. The mind is light and does not tolerate a burdened belly; because the opposite always struggles with the opposite. It is better to eat lightly than to be at a rich dinner, but only in a dream. A fool in a dream becomes richer than the one who has a lot of money. It is better to be childless than to have stupid children; there one is childless, but here many are thin. For every dead person, the whole earth is a coffin; because everything that comes from the earth is on the earth and turns into the earth. The shepherd, when he wants, milks the goats, but instead of milk he squeezes streams of blood from them. A pig, when he sees that food is being prepared for her, knows how to restrain himself and eats ahead of time. And force disorderly people not to violate the decent and legal order. By observing the law, you will drive out fear; because every executor of the laws is without fear. A knowledgeable helmsman will avoid the ninth wave; and a mind enriched with wise thoughts will be saved from any trouble. Do not plan anything contrary to a virtuous life; because the error of vice is obvious. A large anvil is not afraid of knocking; and the wise mind repels everything harmful from itself. A hare is frightened by the noise of leaves, and even a shadow frightens a timid person. I hate a poor man giving gifts to a rich man, like a man who speaks sweetly but forgets to feed him. A malicious speaker perverts the laws; and a well-behaved speaker is the most harmonious harmony. The rich laugh at the reproaches of orphans; they even laugh at God’s punishment. Those who unlawfully demand observance of the laws boast of laws to their own detriment. It is common for a poor person not to think highly of himself, because some rich people have no worries about their means of living. Teach fools, taking into account their nature as much as possible, then, perhaps, beyond your expectations, you will make them prudent. When struck by iron, stones also ignite; a tightly twisted scourge forms a heart. It is very bad to both take an oath and demand it; in both cases you insult the truth. Store up treasure for an endless age, and the present age becomes impoverished even before its end. Do not be attached to happiness, which is destroyed by time; and what time builds, time also destroys. It is indecent for women to show masculine character; any other rule other than modesty is alien to a well-behaved woman. The pleasure for the enjoyer is short-lived; As soon as it comes, it flies away like a stone. For a sick person, no wealth is preferable to health; and nature acts wisely in that it always desires health. The words of a foolish person are like the noisy splash of the sea, which hits the shores, but does not water the coastal plants. The gift makes even the wise who see not see; gold is as much a trap for people as a net for birds. Sorrows give birth to gray hairs prematurely; What our lifestyle has deprived us of, time will not restore. Wealth is the most agile minion in bad things; because with power everything is easier to do evil. No acquisition is better than a friend; but never make a bad person as a friend. Respect order and prefer power; because he himself is power and the everlasting guardian of power. A busy mind is a moth that wears away bones; the body thrives when it avoids worries. No satiety is chaste; because fire tends to burn matter. Wine is the ignition of cooled passion; and any substance added to the fire strengthens the flame. He who fears litigation will avoid anger; because litigation often inflames the heart with anger. It is terrible to add more labor to one who is exhausted in labor; however, labor often stopped working. Some are afraid of the labors that others bear; and look, he himself is overwhelmed with the labors of his family. Always care about eternal glory; because true fame deceives every day. Anger is an unsafe advisor for anyone; What is done in anger is never prudent. The serpent of evil, the asp is cunning; in these animals one can see separately the malice united in one woman. Looking at the bare bones, you will be convinced that everything here does not essentially belong to us. If a young cancer does not walk straight, then it follows the example of its mother’s gait. By forcing nature, and from bad teachers, you will undoubtedly produce good students. Adorn yourself with the good qualities of life and do not despise the poor orphan. When God gives, envy will do nothing; and when he does not give, no labor will help. Are you giving birth, echidna? – Do not avoid the pains of birth; when you conceive, you will experience what your mother experienced when giving birth to you No one is considered brave for obvious timidity; Victories alone earn praise. The sleepy man is the inventor of dreams; because sleep is acquainted only with ghosts, and not with real things. Coercion convinces even against one's will; it often ties the hands of giants. When a crowd of people is in error, everyone starts shouting and everything turns into chaos. Never call idle work work, for everything idle is worthy of contempt. And the dogs that come running to scavenge respect order. When gold speaks, then all other words are invalid. It knows how to persuade, although it has no language. Those who are devoted to the fleeting blessings of this life can still enjoy the world. You might be interested in:
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