Letter 64: Do not ask for great things.
Synesius of Cyrene→Joannes|c. 407 AD|Synesius of Cyrene|Human translated
friendship
To Joannes.
Do not ask for great things. You face two dangers: if you succeed, you wound; if you fail, you are wounded.
Letter 64: A Warning
[1] To Joannes
Do not ask great things, for you run two dangers; if successful you wound, and if unsuccessful you are wounded.
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To Joannes.
Do not ask for great things. You face two dangers: if you succeed, you wound; if you fail, you are wounded.
Human translation — Livius.org
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