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"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWoruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.",
"translation": "Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.",
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"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWoruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.",
"translation": "Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.",
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