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Shorter Rules

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 34: How a Man Escapes the Vice of Men-pleasing and Looking for the Praises of Men.…

By being fully convinced of the presence of God and by undistracted thoughts of being well-pleasing to God, and by a burning desire for the blessings promised by the Lord. For no man errs before the eyes of a master in order to please a fellow-: servant, dishonouring his master and condemning himself.