## Sefer Chasidim Siman 103

###### Sefer Chasidim 103:1
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לעולם ינוס אדם מנסו כי שמא אין עושין לו נס ואם עושין מנכין לו מזכיותיו וגדול זכות יפה תואר המתגבר על יצרו יותר משאינו יפה לפי שאינו מקובל לנשים:

**Medieval Jewish mysticism, translated by Sholom Alchanan Singer. Northbrook, Ill. Whitehall Co., 1971:**
Let a man always flee from miracles,¹ firstly, perhaps the miracle will not occur, moreover, if it does occur they deduct from his merits.² Greater is the merit of a handsome man who overwhelms his evil inclination more so than one who is not handsome, because he (the latter) is not acceptable to women.

footnotes:
¹ Shabbath 32a.
² The Perush suggests that, “Greater is the merit,” is the beginning of the next paragraph.