Letter 8019: Although every frequency of letters may seem insufficient to express what I feel, the attempt itself has value.
Ennodius to Faustus.
Although every frequency of letters may seem insufficient to express what I feel, the attempt itself has value. I write not because my words can contain my affection but because silence would contain it even less. Accept the imperfect vessel for the sake of its perfect contents. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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