Letter 438
To Eusebius. (355)
If I desired only a small thing from your letters, I would have tried once, and failing, stopped immediately. But the reports that reach me keep getting better than the last, and this kindles my longing all the more.
So let this too be among your fine qualities: not to begrudge me your letters. For it would be strange to help people by your actions while being reluctant to delight them with your words.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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