Gregory the Dialogist

Should not he that talketh much hear in his turn? and should a man full of words be justified? As often as a mighty wrestler is gone down into the arena of the lists, those who prove no match for him in strength by turns present themselves for the working of his overthrow, and as fast as one is overcome another is directly raised up against him, and, he being subdued, another takes his place, that they may sooner or later find his strength in wrestling more yielding, in that his repeated victory by itself wears it out, so that as …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book X ↗