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.
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Latin / Greek Original
citer; siquidem res postulat, ut tibi peregrinationis iniuria desiderium commendet
30 quietis.
AD EVTROPIVM.
XXXXVI.
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