Letter 1079: It's human nature that people who stammer end up talking more — they keep going out of embarrassment at their own...
It's human nature that people who stammer end up talking more — they keep going out of embarrassment at their own stumbling. That's my situation: I have an overwhelming urge to write, even when I've run out of things to say.
Two messengers were leaving at the same time, and I didn't think it would be proper to waste a double opportunity on a single letter. Whether this makes me a chatterbox or simply dutiful — that's for you to judge. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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This letter survives only in fragmentary form, with the manuscript text too damaged to reconstruct reliably.