Letter 13: As all the fruits of the season come to us in their proper time, flowers in spring, grain in summer, and apples in autumn, so the fruit for winter is talk. About this page Source. Translated by Blomfield Jackson.
Just as every season brings its own harvest — flowers in spring, grain in summer, apples in autumn — the harvest of winter is conversation.
So here is mine.
Human translation - New Advent (NPNF / ANF series)
Latin / Greek Original
[Πρός: Ὀλυμπίῳ]
Ὥσπερ τῶν ἄλλων ὡρίμων ἕκαστον ἐν τῇ οἰκείᾳ ὥρᾳ ἀπαντᾷ, ἐν ἦρι μὲν τὰ ἄνθη, ἐν θέρει δὲ οἱ ἀστάχυες, τῷ δὲ μετοπώρῳ τὸ μῆλον, οὕτω χειμῶνος καρπός εἰσιν οἱ λόγοι.
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