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# Be ever resolute, ever armed
- URL: https://www.theholyfight.com/be-ever-resolute-ever-armed/
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:06:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T21:06:47.000Z
- Description: Lorenzo Scupoli, The Spiritual Combat
- Author: Sean Catlett
- Tags: Library, Lorenzo Scupoli

> Therefore be ever resolute, ever armed; trust not to the victories thou mayest have already gained, how many soever they be, seeing that man's life is a continual warfare, and the victory depends not on the success of to-day or to-morrow, but on the end.

**Lorenzo Scupoli**, *The Spiritual Combat* (19th-century English translation)

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Lorenzo Scupoli (c. 1530–1610) was an Italian priest. *The Spiritual Combat* was first published in 1589.

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