Letter 2066: Outstanding merits require no supporting witness, since virtue, conspicuous in its own light, rejects the aid of...
Outstanding merits require no supporting witness, since virtue, conspicuous in its own light, rejects the aid of another's recommendation. Therefore, since our lord and brother Licinius has been made famous by the governance of the state conducted according to the standards of ancient discipline, what can my letter add to his reputation? And yet, it is worth noting that we live in an age when such men are rare enough that they deserve to be celebrated. I commend him to you not because he needs it but because the recognition of merit is itself a duty.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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