Virtue is achieved by its seekers not without a struggle; nor is abstinence from the paths of pleasure a painless process to human nature. (Gregory of Nyssa)

Virtue is achieved by its seekers not without a struggle; nor is abstinence from the paths of pleasure a painless process to human nature.

Gregory of Nyssa

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