But he answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
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Leo of Rome
AD 461
Serm. 39, 3: hence he opposed the adversary rather by testimonies out of the Law, than by miraculous powers; thus at the same time giving more honour toman, and more disgrace to the adversary, when the enemy of the human race thus seemed to be overcome by man rather than by God.
