Persistent calamity ages like old age
For a persistent calamity produces an old man’s weakness.
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 3, 4. Συμφορὰ γὰρ ἐπίμονος γεροντικὴν ἀσθένειαν ἐμποιεῖ.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).
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