Letter 63: One should use the friendship of the powerful, but not abuse it.
Synesius of Cyrene→Joannes|c. 407 AD|Synesius of Cyrene|Human translated
friendship
To Joannes.
One should use the friendship of the powerful, but not abuse it.
Letter 63: A Warning
[1] To Joannes
One should use the friendship of the great, but not abuse it.
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To Joannes.
One should use the friendship of the powerful, but not abuse it.
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