Letter 4017: It is rightly believed that the tongue announces what lies within the heart.
XVII. ENNODIVS DECORATO.
Recte creditur enuntiatrix esse lingua penetralium, quae
latentis secreta animae ad lucem uocat eloquio: nesciretur
amor pectorum, nisi illum sermo proditor indicaret: iure ueterum
sapientia epistolis usa quasi clauibus repositum per eas uulgauit
affectum. tracta est in testimonium scriptionis mens testata
diligentiam: mutari caritatem non licuit, quam desiderans
pagina interueniente promisisset. huic me ego consuetudini
uel legi potius mancipaui, adserens litterarum fide quid de
magnitudine tua sensibus inoleuit. uos si mecum pari cura in
deuinctionem conuenitis, si fida interpres amicitia se aestimans
uotum uidet alterius, responsum deferens tabella significet. ego
munera salutationis inpertiens deliberationem meam non tamquam
uerborum auarus occului.
Related Letters
VARIAE, BOOK 5, LETTER 31
Four times I have sent letters to Your Greatness, and four times the silence has answered me.
Copy of the petition from the least of the archimandrites and the rest of the monks of the province of Second Syria.
Hormisdas to John, Bishop of Constantinople.
My wishes have been fulfilled through your efforts, and I write to acknowledge both the result and the agent.