Letter 92
Synesius of Cyrene→Alethius, (brother of Florentius)|synesius cyrene
To my Brother.
I am going to pay dearly for the bluntness of my character. You should know that my habit of speaking the truth without decoration has followed me all the way to the wilds of Libya.
Letter 92: On Speaking Bluntly
[1] To his Brother
I shall get no small harm from the rusticity of my character, for you must know my way of speaking the truth bluntly has followed me even to the hounds of Libya.
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To my Brother.
I am going to pay dearly for the bluntness of my character. You should know that my habit of speaking the truth without decoration has followed me all the way to the wilds of Libya.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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