Letter 2071: It is a duty of human decency to furnish recommendations to those who seek them.
Humanitatis interest commendationem deferre poscentibus, in Zenobio autem talis
officii causa propensior est, cum sit familiaris meus atque ideo illi debeatur potius
quam praestetur adfectio. huic patrocinium tui cupio provenire. nam pri- s
mum est, ut meo sufiragio diligatur, secundum erit, ut sua honestate conplaceat. vale.
LXXI (LXX) ante a. 395.
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