Wednesday, February 12, 2025

 

Impossible

Jerome, Homilies on the Psalms: Homily 4 on Psalm 9 (Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, vol. 78, p. 29; tr. Marie Liguori Ewald, with her note):
It is almost impossible for the rich man to be rich without robbing the poor.11

11 Cf. Commentary on Michea PL 25.1213 (509); on Isaia 33.13. PL 24.366 (436); Letter 120.1, PL 22.982 (820).

Quicumque enim diues est, nisi pauperem expoliauerit, diues esse non potest.
I don't see anything corresponding to "almost" in the Latin.

Related post: Mma Potokwane and Saint Jerome.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 9:32 AM


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