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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Saint Chrysostom

Charity is the scope of all God’s commands.

Depart from the highway and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

It is a shame for a man to desire honour because of his ancestors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

It is no such heinous matter to fall afflicted, as, being down, to lie dejected.

Just as a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

The true Shekinah is man.