Letter 8041: The grief of those who truly love is inconsolable by ordinary means.
Ennodius to Agapitus.
The grief of those who truly love is inconsolable by ordinary means. Only God can reach the depth of what we feel, and only time — His instrument — can begin to heal what loss has broken.
I write to mourn with you, not to console. Consolation will come later, in its own time. For now, let us share the weight. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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