Letter 458: Do not mistake the delay of punishment for its cancellation, best of men.
Isidore of Pelusium→Zosimus|c. 411 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|AI-assisted
monasticism
To Heron the Statesman: Do not, like a bull, be both arrogant and a deserter of the herd...
ΥΞΘ. – ΗΡΩΝΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΩ.
Μὴ ὥσπερ ταῦρος· καὶ ἀγέρωχος, καὶ ἀτιμαγέλας
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To Heron the Statesman: Do not, like a bull, be both arrogant and a deserter of the herd...
AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
ΥΞΘ. – ΗΡΩΝΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΩ.
Μὴ ὥσπερ ταῦρος· καὶ ἀγέρωχος, καὶ ἀτιμαγέλας
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