Letter 502: I believe you already have advisors far better than any mortal could be, and by following them you have never once...
Libanius→Silvanus Primate|c. 362 AD|Libanius
friendship
Σιλανῷ. (356/57)
Οἶμαι μέν σοι συμβούλους εἶναι πολὺ πάντων ἀνθρώ-
πων ἀμείνους, οἷς πειθόμενος οὐδὲν οὐδέποτε σαυτὸν ἐμέμψω·
εἰ δέ σοι δεῖ καὶ ἀνθρώπων φωνῆς, τὰ μὲν πολλὰ Γυμνασίου
πεύσῃ λέγοντος, παρ’ ἡμῶν δὲ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσεται, ὅτι Γυ-
μνασίῳ συνήσθημεν ἐπανιόντι.
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Σιλανῷ. (356/57)
Οἶμαι μέν σοι συμβούλους εἶναι πολὺ πάντων ἀνθρώ-
πων ἀμείνους, οἷς πειθόμενος οὐδὲν οὐδέποτε σαυτὸν ἐμέμψω·
εἰ δέ σοι δεῖ καὶ ἀνθρώπων φωνῆς, τὰ μὲν πολλὰ Γυμνασίου
πεύσῃ λέγοντος, παρ’ ἡμῶν δὲ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσεται, ὅτι Γυ-
μνασίῳ συνήσθημεν ἐπανιόντι.
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