Letter 196: The advisory and beneficial words of sound teaching reach your hearing — but certain people have stopped up their ears.
Insofar as I surpass others in your esteem regarding honor, to that same degree I bear a heavier burden of responsibility. For honor without duty is a crown without authority, and authority without accountability is a sword without a scabbard. Let the one who is most honored serve the most, and the one who is highest bow the lowest.
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Latin / Greek Original
ΨϚ΄. – ΕΥΑΓΡΙΩ ΚΟΜΙΤΙ
ΘΕΩΝΙ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟ.
Ὅσῳ τῇ τιμῇ παρὰ σοὶ τῶν ἄλλων πλεονεκτῶ,
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