Letter 4015: I know what you think of me.
I know what you think of me. But even confident of your opinion, I don't refuse to hear your praise. Though you might do better to imitate what I silently admire in you — for quiet respect carries more weight.
Let's leave verbal flattery to new friends; let them enjoy trading compliments back and forth until [Text breaks off in source.]
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Latin / Greek Original
Bcio quid de me sentias; sed certus iudicii tui [non] recuso laudari. aemu-
lare certe, quod te tacitus admiror, quia plus habet ponderis tecta yeneratio. relin-
quamus verborum blanditias novis inter se amicis ; illos iuyent altema praeconia usque 30
2 om. VF
biturj LypsHu, probator PVF te ipse V 12 metiare F
22 om. VF 23 cecilianus VF 25 si exsequi V, si in ra$. quinque fere Utterarum
LlBERim. 113
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Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.
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