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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Fruitless and Futile
Salvian, On the Governance of God 3.1.5 (tr. Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan):
It is
fruitless and futile labor where a perverse listener will not
accept proofs.
infructuosus quippe est et inanis labor, ubi non recipit probationem pravus auditor.