NOTE: 82

...[desti]tution is wholly base, [but] the hand of the diligent [brings] remedies (Proverbs 14:4 [12:24/10:4]). 4. Through labor, a man not only remains far from such evils, but is also found free from many kinds of vices. Whereas the sluggard, being in idleness, pursues gluttony and drunkenness and other vices arising therefrom, and becomes degenerate; for had he been engaged in work and labored, he would not have become thus vicious and diseased. Wherefore saith Ovidius: "If thou removest idleness, the bow of lust is broken." See then, how evil and harmful is sloth, which casteth a man into every manner of vice and misery. For if the sluggard be wealthy and possessor of a paternal inheritance, he becometh sickly; if he be a craftsman, he falleth into poverty; if a servant, he remaineth jobless and destitute. Therefore, it is exceedingly proper and profitable for a man's livelihood to be diligent and industrious, keeping ever unforgotten in mind that wise counsel of Aghēk‘sandr Makedo[nats‘i]...