Letter 815: Character is revealed not by what a person says but by what he does when no one is watching.
He sets the life of the high priest as the limit of the exile, and after his death grants the exile a return and restores him to his homeland...
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Latin / Greek Original
ΙΣΙΔΩΡΟΥ Τ8
Αὐτῷ τῆς φυγῆς ὀρίζει, τὸν τοῦ ἀρχιερέως βίον · καὶ
μετὰ τὸν θάνατον ἐκείνου, κάθοδον αὐτῷ χαρίζεται,
καὶ ἀποδίδωσιν αὐτὸν τῇ πατρίδι
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