Letter 8024: Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity.

Ennodius of PaviaFaustus Albus|c. 513 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
grief death
From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Faustus
Date: ~513 AD
Context: A letter praising Faustus's kindness as surpassing what could be expected of any human being.

Ennodius to Faustus.

Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity. Others give what is expected; you give what exceeds expectation. I have benefited from this quality more times than I can count, and I write to acknowledge once more what I can never adequately repay. Farewell.

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

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