Letter 73
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus→Unknown|c. 397 AD|symmachus
I'd recommend Anysius to you — an admirable man — except that he entered my circle of friends on your introduction in the first place. Since there's nothing my words can do to advance him with you, I'll count it a favor if your warm regard for him simply continues to grow. After all, once the foundations of a friendship have been laid, the next kindness is to build on them. Farewell.
Commendarem tibi Anysium laudabilem vimm, nisi in amicitiam meam te auctore
Ycnisset. quando igitur nihil est, quod illi mens sermo conciliet, beneficii loco habebo,
si in eum sancti animi tui gliscat adfectio. nam ubi amoris mdimenta praeventa sunt,
secundae gratiae locus est, ut augmenta poscantur. vale.
LXVm (LXn) a. 380. 2&
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I'd recommend Anysius to you — an admirable man — except that he entered my circle of friends on your introduction in the first place. Since there's nothing my words can do to advance him with you, I'll count it a favor if your warm regard for him simply continues to grow. After all, once the foundations of a friendship have been laid, the next kindness is to build on them. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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