Letter 3031: You report what I had already perceived through hope and intuition: that the very first meeting opened the door of...
You report what I had already perceived through hope and intuition: that the very first meeting opened the door of friendship between you and those good men. This is exactly what your character and their judgment had led us to expect. For integrity, when introduced to its own kind, wins recognition easily.
I congratulate you on these new friendships and urge you to cultivate them. The best alliances are those formed not through calculation but through the natural affinity of like minds. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Factum nantias, qnod spe et opinione ante percepi, nt tibi amicitiam bonornm
primns congressus aperiret; namque boc nobis et tui mores et illomm iudicia promi-
serant. facile enim probitas delata ad virtutum arbitros placet. yerum ista pars 5
gaudenda mihi potius quam producenda est; illud mallem latius praedicare, si aequa-
ret oratio rei magnitudinem , quod vestimenta de nobis usni tuo vindicas. nihil hoc
amore sincerius; scias fiduciam de simplici adfectione surgentem genus esse yirtutis.
sed quid ego buic puritati dignum rependam? stetimus officiis religionis hactenns
pares; nunc tibi sine cunctatione cedimus. puto tibi sufficere ad vicem tantae gratiae 10
victi confessionem. vale.
AD AMBROSIVM.
XXX ante a. 398.
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