Pleasure is like a rough file smeared with oil, which when the cat licks it up, it also licks with it the blood of its own tongue. - Nicodemus the Hagiorite

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Pleasure is like a rough file smeared with oil, which when the cat licks it up, it also licks with it the blood of its own tongue.

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About Nicodemus the Hagiorite

Nicodemus the Hagiorite or Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Ὅσιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης; 1749 – July 14, 1809) is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Native Name: Νικόδημος ο Αγιορείτης
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