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This work gathers together several sayings from the early Desert Fathers and monastics of the Church. The sayings are topically arranged, covering charity, humility, discretion, fasting, poverty, obedience, avoiding the praise of men, anger, avoiding many words, evil thoughts, and more.

The teaching of a certain elder, concerniug the nature and origin of anger. A certain elder said, Anger arises through four things—through the greed of avarice, whether in giving or receiving; also through loving and defending one’s own opinion; through a desire of being honourably exalted; also through wishing to be learned or hoping to be wise above all others. In four ways anger darkens the nature of a man—when he hates his neighbour, when he envies him, when he despises him, and when he belittles
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