Abbatia
Sancti Petri
de Curte

The Sayings of the Elders (Verba seniorum, Book VII)

On perseverance

De perseverantia.

This book is not translated in the edition used; the Latin is given alone.

1

Abbas Antonius dixit: Monachus si paucis diebus laborat, et iterum relaxatur; et rursus laborat, et inde negligit: hic nihil agit, nec patientiæ perseverantiam possidebit.

2

Dixit senex: Quid est opus incipere artificium, si non discat perficere illud? Nihil est ergo quod incipitur, et non perficitur.

Latin text: Verba seniorum, Book VII of the Vitae Patrum, translated from the Greek by Paschasius of Dumium for Abbot Martin (Martin of Braga), in H. Rosweyde’s edition as reprinted in Migne’s Patrologia Latina, vol. 73 (1879 reprint), cols. 1025–1062, checked against the scans; without the editor’s notes and cross-references, and without the Greek text of chapter XLIV printed in the notes. Public-domain text in France (art. L123-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code). Transcription and revision: Abbatia Sancti Petri de Curte. Report an error