Letter 7019: ...is there really anything in my words that can soothe your ears or serve as medicine for your mind?
10 est; nimiis te salibus sinus Lucrinus infecit. estne aliquid in verbis meis, quod au-
res tuas sospitet, quod medicinam sensibus faciat? credo, consentio. nam plerumque
amara haustu ad salutem valent et sucis tristibus adfecta refoventur. sed nimium 3
quantum avarus es, qui Flaviano meo praesente quicquam requiris, in quo tanta re-
rnm bonarum delenimenta sunt, ut mihi quasi apud Sirenas aut Lotophagos haesisse
15 videaris. atque utinam vestro otio iungerer; plus de vobis caperem salubritatis, quam
tu desideras, qui a me solas litteras poposcisti. vale.
xvn.
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