Letter 6027: The richness of your conscience overflows into everything you do.

Ennodius of PaviaSenarius, an man (a Roman official at Burgundian court)|c. 515 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
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From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Senarius
Date: ~515 AD
Context: A letter praising the richness of Senarius's conscience and its fruitful effects.

Ennodius to Senarius.

The richness of your conscience overflows into everything you do. The man whose inner life is well-ordered produces outward works that reflect it, and yours — visible to all who know you — are the proof of a soul in good health.

I write to commend what I observe and to encourage its continuation. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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