Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Opinion 139: A saintly crankiness

From Gregory Nazianzus' Farewell Oration to the Bishops at Constantinople (Oratio 42):

"Besides all the issues, this is simply my temperament: one most subjects, I do not agree with the crowd, nor can I endure walking the same path as they do. That may be rash or ignorant, but it is nevertheless the way I habitually feel. The things that others enjoy annoy me, and I delight in what is annoying to others."

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