Letter 3048: ...simply put, the situation demands that the discomfort of being away from home should make you appreciate what you...
...simply put, the situation demands that the discomfort of being away from home should make you appreciate what you have left behind. We must bear what fortune imposes, but we need not pretend to enjoy it.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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