Letter 7038: It is a fact that the taste of good things is pleasing, and the useful pursuit of praise -- sought through...
XXXVIII.
FORMULA CLARISSIMATUS.
[1] Constat iucundum esse rerum bonarum saporem et utilem ambitum laudis, qui appetitur per augmenta virtutis. hoc nos studium providae liberalitatis infundimus, ut maior sit cultus morum, dum crescunt desideria praemiorum. clarissimatus igitur honorem, ornamenta iudicii nostri, regia tibi largitur auctoritas, quod praebeat et exactae vitae testimonium et futurae prosperitatis polliceatur augmentum. quapropter nihil iam obscurum agere patiaris, qui clarissimatus dignitate resplendes. grande siquidem vitae testimonium est non tam clarum quam clarissimum dici, quando paene totum de illo optimum creditur qui tanti fulgoris superlativo nomine vocitatur.
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We take no pleasure in unjust profits, and gains that come at the expense of fairness never reach our conscience.
King Theodoric to Gundobad, King of the Burgundians.