Letter 6079: Not a day goes by without a letter from me.
Not a single day slips by without a letter from me. What if you were to return the exchange of conversation in kind? And yet I do not regret my diligence, even though the honor of reciprocity is neglected. For the things that are done out of love give pleasure even when they go unrewarded. As for myself, I am advancing toward health at a still slow pace, and for that reason I set the uncertainty of the journey ahead aside, by deliberation, until my health has progressed. What you yourselves have decided about your return or your stay in the suburbs, my mind is eager to be informed. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
NuIIus absque epistulis meis dies labitur. quid si adfatum mutuum redderetis?
nec tamen paenitet diligentiae, quamvis honor vicissitudinis neglegatur. nam quae
ex amore fiunt, etiam gratuita delectant. ego ad sanitatem lento adhuc gradu pro-
yehor, atque ideo itineris ulterioris ambiguum usque ad profectum sanitatis delibera-
10 tione sequestro. quid ipsi de reditu aut suburbana commoratione statueritis, havet
animus edoceri. vale.
LXXVU (LXXVni) a. 397.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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