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Letter 187

Basil the Great · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series · Vol. 8

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ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA

Antipater to Basil.

Twice cabbage is death, says the unkind proverb. I, however, though I have called for it often, shall die once. Yes: even though I had never called for it at all! If you do die anyhow, don’t fear to eat a delicious relish, unjustly reviled by the proverb!

Edition Record

Translator
Translated by Blomfield Jackson.
Series
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series
Volume
Vol. 8.
Editor
Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
Publisher
Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.,
Year
1895.