Letter 35: You do well to write to me now, and if you had written earlier, you would have done well then too.
**To Urbanus** (358/59)
You do well to write to me now, and had you written sooner, you would have done well then too. For if I have long held you in friendship, and you were not unaware of this, what reason was there to hesitate when you were sure to gratify a friend? And if there is no pardon for your silence, then surely there is every necessity for your words.
Write, then, with confidence, and share the labors with the excellent Modestus, keeping in mind that a partnership in toils means a partnership in praise.
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