Letter 519
To Plutarch Byrses [a byname, "the tanner" or "the leather-worker"].
The divine laws command us not to swear oaths at all; for whether a man swears truly, or whether he swears falsely, he falls under punishment. Flee, therefore, both swearing unjustly and swearing justly.
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Latin / Greek Original
Οἱ θεῖοι νόμοι προστάττουσι, παντελῶς μὴ ὀμνύειν κἂν γὰρ εὔορκεῖ τις, κἂν ἐπιορκήσῃ, κολάσει ὑποπίπτει. Φεῦγε τοίνυν καὶ τὸ ἀδίκως, καὶ τὸ δικαίως ὀμνύειν.
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