Letter 2066: Outstanding merits require no supporting witness, since virtue, conspicuous in its own light, rejects the aid of...
Adstipulatorem praeclara merita non requirunt; siquidem virtus sua luce con-
spicua aversatur auxilium commendationis alienae. ergo cum dominum et fratrem meum
Licinium celebrem fecerit ad normam veteris disciplinae gubemata res publica, quid
potest ei dignitatis adicere privata laudatio? hac igitur prae/ermissa parte optimae in
amicos fidei ac diligentiae vimm praecelso animo tuo opto sociare ; non quod iudicium 30
tuum serunT atque difficile sit ad colligenda ingenia et explorandas voluntates bono-
mm, sed ne brevis iuter vos usus et festinata discessio neget iustum tempus examini.
3 de te] r, Uete P
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LXVI (LXV) ante a. 395.
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