Letter 502
To the same person.
Nothing so shames those who assault and revile others as the amendment of the reviled, carried out with gentleness and forbearance. For the noblest reformation of those who are reviled becomes nourishment to those who revile them.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Οὐδὲν οὕτω δυσωπεῖ τοὺς ἐπεμβαίνοντας, καὶ ἐξονειδίζοντας, ὡς ἡ τῶν ἐξονειδιζομένων μετὰ πρᾳότητος, καὶ ἐπιεικείας διόρθωσις. Ἡ γὰρ τῶν ἐξονειδιζομένων καλλίστη μεταβολή, τοῖς ἐξονειδίζουσι διατροφὴ γίνεται.
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