Letter 23
To Diogenes [a cousin].
The luxury of Syria is making you forget your friends and relatives. It has been five months since you sent me a letter — even though nature gave you an exceptional gift not just for ordinary correspondence but for letters worthy of posterity. Do not waste that talent on silence.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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