For our flight is to the mountains, that he who has mounted to the heights of virtue may not go down to the depths of sin.
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Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606 · Galleria Borghese, Rome · Public domainCaravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606, Galleria Borghese, Rome
For our flight is to the mountains, that he who has mounted to the heights of virtue may not go down to the depths of sin.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
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