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.
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Latin / Greek Original
Natura renim est, nt qui balbutinnt, plns loquantur ; adfectant enim copiam pudore
defectns. hoc exemplum me expetit, cui magna est scribendi inpatientia, cum desit
& oratio. duobus enim pariter commeantibus non putavi officio convenire, ut unis litte-
ris gemina expenderetur occasio. erit super hoc iudicatio tua, garrulusne iustius dicar
an sedulus. vale.
LXXVn (LXXI) a. 376—380.
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