Letter 23: The luxury of Syria is making you forget your friends and relatives.
To Diogenes [a cousin].
The luxury of Syria is making you forget your friends and relatives. It has been five months since you sent me a letter — even though nature gave you an exceptional gift not just for ordinary correspondence but for letters worthy of posterity. Do not waste that talent on silence.
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