Letter 1042: People say rightly that the human spirit shines on a bright day and turns sallow under heavy clouds.
Non fru8tra praedicant, mentes hominam nitere liqaido die^ coacta nube flavescere.
meas animas fidem fecit exemplo. nam qaotiens tibi ex sententia verbis,
qaoram mihi alias sapellex desit, indalgeo. qaippe laetitia loqaax res est atqae 5
ostentatrix sai; adeo magnae parti hominam nalla ab hoc morbo caatio est. patere
igitar me, qaae ad laades taas pertinent, obloquentem, vir qaantam hominnm in terris
est, spectatissiine, qai. et sammis copiis vigiliam pro meis rebas adniteris et amicitiam
diligentia stabili perseveras. si fides seria caiqaam fait, tibi pato esse; qaam pleri-
qae verbo ostentant, opere desenint. qaod genas nalli rei est, nisi ad loqnendam. 10
2 merito processas taos in meo aere daco, qaando iaxta magnae cnrae sam tibi atqae
cam maxime fui. saperest tamen aliqaid, qaod haic in m^ stadio adici velim. nolo
memineris, qaod animo tao aliqaando sascensni. amor fidaciam nutrit. qaid tam
liberum qaam amicitia? negotiis pleramqae adposita est expostalatio sine labe concor-
diae. ita veram est, quod hodie tibi gratias ago, ut illud non potuerim dissimulare, ts
quod dolui. quassa fide sunt, qui iugiter blandiuntur. sed quid diutius ea retexo,
quorum te oblivisci volo? esto, ut es, benigna semper in me voluntate, quod ego
sperandum magis a te sentio quam petendum. vale.
XXXVm (XXXII) a. 370-378.
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