A citation from the library
Gregory of Nyssa, on Eccl 3:8
Gregory of Nyssa · c. A.D. 335–395
Eccl 3:8 · Douay-Rheims
“A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.”
On this verse:
“Therefore the distinction between virtue and vice enables us to understand the opportunity which present. Ecclesiastes explains continence and pleasure, temperance and intemperance, modesty and arrogance, benevolence and maliciousness and anything else of this sort for imparting profitable advice. Thus we have a time to love continence and to hate pleasure that we may refrain from licentious behavior and be devout. Strife, gain, love of glory and so forth do not benefit love but prevent us from maintaining a pleasant disposition.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.