Letter 1109: Whatever generosity you showed to those who were present might seem merely the expected tribute of their attendance.
Whatever generosity you showed to those who were present might seem merely the expected tribute of their attendance. But we who missed your consulship due to various obligations — we've been honored by friendship, not rewarded for showing up.
I therefore offer you abundant thanks for the consular gift, and even greater thanks for the kindness behind it. If your modesty didn't check my words, I'd go on at greater length. So for now, my speech on this matter will be brief — but my memory of it will be long. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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