The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks - 11. Sober Living (4/5/54)

At first Ammoi said to Aesius, 'What do you think of me?' He said, 'You are like an angel, abba.' Later on he said, 'Now what do you think of me?' He replied, 'You are like Satan, for even if you speak a good word, it is like a sword to me.'