St. Jerome - Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other...

St. Jerome Zitate

Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.

St. Jerome

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Jemand kann fragen: "Wie ist Gerechtigkeit größer als alle anderen Tugenden?" Die anderen Tugenden befriedigen den, der sie besitzt; Gerechtigkeit bereitet dem, der sie besitzt, keine Freude, sondern erfreut andere.

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