Letter 16.16
Concerning Tiro, my dear Marcus, as I hope to see you and my own Cicero and your little Tullia and your son, you have done what is most gratifying to me, in that you preferred him, undeserving of that lot, to be our friend rather than our slave. Believe me, when I had read through your letter and his, I leapt for joy, and I both thank you and congratulate you; for if the faithfulness and frugality of Statius is so great a pleasure to me, how greatly ought these same good qualities to be valued in that man, with letters and conversation and refinement added besides, which are worth even more than those very advantages! I love you indeed for all the greatest reasons, but also on account of this, or rather because you announced it to me in just the way you ought: I saw the whole of you in your letter. To Sabinus's boys I have both promised everything and will perform it.
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Latin / Greek Original
XVI. Scr. a.u.c. 700. Q. M. FRATRI SAL.
De Tirone, mi Marce, ita te meumque Ciceronem et tuam Tulliolam tuumque filium videam, ut mihi gratissimum fecisti, quod eum, indignum illa fortuna ac nobis amicum quam servum esse maluisti: mihi crede, tuis et illius litteris perlectis exsilui gaudio et tibi et ago gratias et gratulor; si enim mihi Statii fidelitas et frugalitas est tantae voluptati, quanti esse in isto haec eadem bona debent additis litteris et sermonibus et humanitate, quae sunt iis ipsis commodis potiora! Amo te omnibus equidem de maximis causis, verum etiam propter hanc, vel quod mihi sic, ut debuisti, nuntiasti: te totum in litteris vidi. Sabini pueris et promisi omnia et faciam.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern cicero familiares retranslated v1.
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