Letter 937: Libanius encourages Cosmas and Eugenius to make a better second attempt and remember their rhetorical debts.
People say that second attempts are better. Make use of second attempts yourselves, then, with better hope. Do not fear things that contain no danger after having despised things that did contain danger. In any case, you owe thanks both to me and to Thalassius for the speeches you have received: I taught you, while he encouraged you and persuaded you to desire difficult work. And now, as I hear, the road you are traveling is smooth.
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Latin / Greek Original
Δευτέρων φασὶν ἀμεινόνων. χρήσασθε δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ τοῖς δευτέροις μετὰ βελτίονος ἐλπίδος καὶ μὴ τὰ φόβον οὐκ ἔχοντα δείσητε τῶν ἐχόντων καταπεφρονηκότες. πάντως δὲ καὶ ἐμοὶ καὶ Θαλασσίῳ χάριτας ὀφείλετε τῶν λόγων, οὓς λαβόντες ἔχετε διδάσκοντος μὲν ἐμοῦ, παρακαλοῦντος δὲ ἐκείνου καὶ πείθοντος τῶν ἐπιπόνων ἐπιθυμεῖν. διὰ λείας δέ, ὡς ἀκούομεν, πορεύεσθε τῆς ὁδοῦ.
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