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Original / primary: Perseus Grc2
65.1.p128
65.1.p128
Ἔστι καὶ μικροῦ γράμματος ἡδονὴ μείζων, ὅταν ἡ τοῦ γράφοντος εὔνοια μὴ τῇ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς σμικρότητι μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ τῆς ψυχῆς μεγέθει μετρῆται· εἰ δὲ δὴ καὶ νῦν βραχέα τὰ τῆς προσρήσεως ὑφ’ ἡμῶν γεγένηται, μηδ’ οὕτω τὸν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς πόθον τεκμηριώσῃ, ἀλλ’ εἰδώς, ἐφ’ ὅσον ὁ παρ’ ἡμῶν ἔρως ἐπὶ σοὶ τέταται, τῇ μὲν τοῦ γράμματος βραχύτητι συγγνώμην νέμε, τοῖς ἴσοις δὲ ἡμᾶς ἀμείβεσθαι μὴ κατόκνει. πᾶν γὰρ ὅ τι ἂν διδῷς, κἂν μικρὸν ᾖ, παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ γνώρισμα παρ’ ἡμῖν σώζει.

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