Letter 3042: I'm well. That should always be the opening line of a letter, since it's what the reader most wants to hear.
I'm well. That should always be the opening line of a letter, since it's what the reader most wants to hear. I'm equally delighted to learn you're in good health — your recent report cheered me enormously. I also count it a great joy that your latest letter shows you haven't forgotten me. I shouldn't keep quiet about my gratitude for that, so you'll be encouraged to keep up your literary correspondence.
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Latin / Greek Original
Recte valeo. hoc enim scribendi debet esse principium, quod maxime expetunt
15 vota lecturi. aeque tibi oblatum vigorem nimis gaudeo; nam me indido tali nuper
hilarasti. illud quoque in summam pono laetitiae, quod te memorem mei honorificen-
tia proximae scriptionis ostendit. cuius rei gratiam silere non debeo, ut hoc invita-
mento ad perseverantiam litterarii muneris provoceris.
XXXXI.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.
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