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One man received a thought and accepted it without examination. Another received a thought and tested its truth. Which of them acted with greater reverence?

Marcus Eremita

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Marcus Eremita, Mark the Ascetic or Marcus the Ascetic was a Christian theologian, saint, and ascetic writer of the fifth century AD.

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Alternative Names: Mark the Hermit

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John Lancaster Spalding François de La Rochefoucauld Augustine of Hippo Friedrich Nietzsche Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

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Prayer is called a virtue, but in reality it is the mother of the virtues: for it gives birth to them through union with Christ.

Do not listen to talk about other people's sins. For through such listening the form of these sins is imprinted on you.

However great our virtuous actions of today, they do not requite but condemn our past negligence.

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