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Benedict of Nursia Quotes

480–547 Italy

Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543 or 547) was the founder of the Benedictine Order and hence of mediaeval monasticism.

Italy

Also known as: Saint Benedict

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There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them be subjected to severe fasts or brought to terms by harsh beatings, that they may be cured.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benedict of Nursia (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.