Letter 2068: My written recommendation carries little weight if my friend Leontius is not commended by his own blameless life and...
My written recommendation carries little weight if my friend Leontius is not commended by his own blameless life and his own merit. Equipped with his own virtues, he does not need the supports of a formal recommendation. And yet, I should not refrain from this kind of letter -- it would be unkind to deny a good man the small courtesy of an introduction. Please receive him as you would any friend of mine, and you will find that his character more than justifies whatever small favor I ask on his behalf.
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Latin / Greek Original
Parva est commendatio scriptorum meorum , si Leontium familiarem meum inno-
cens vita j^pyiia qiijfrpfiqni^ conciliat. suo igitur praeditus merito commendationis ad-
t5 minicnla non requirit, et tamen abstinere non debeo tali genere litterarum, magis ut
amicitiae satisfaciam, quam ut ei aliquid opis conferam. tu tamen pro dignatione,
qua clarus es, facito noverit, gratiam sui meo quoque nomine esse geminatam. vale.
LXVm (LXVH) ante a. 395.
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