Letter 857

Nilus of AncyraJulian|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted

To the Same Person.

Many people of your kind are to be found - locals, untrained laymen, and vain men - who at virtually every hour, so to speak, without being asked, speak to everyone indiscriminately, to acquaintances and strangers alike, out of vainglory, ostentation, and the desire to please men. But they are not praised; rather, they are even laughed at and mocked by the truth.

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Latin / Greek Original

Εὑρίσκονται πολλοὶ κατὰ σὲ ἐγχωρῖται, καὶ ἰδιῶ-
ται, καὶ μάταιοι ἄνθρωποι, ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστης, ὡς εἰπεῖν,
ὥρας μὴ ἐπερωτώμενοι, λαλοῦντες πᾶσιν ἁπλῶς
καὶ γνωστοῖς καὶ ἀγνώστοις διὰ κενοδοξίαν, καὶ
ἔνδειξιν, καὶ ἀνθρωπαρεσκείαν. Ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐπαινοῦν-
ται, ἀλλὰ καὶ γελῶνται, καὶ σκώπτονται ὑπὸ τῆς
ἀληθείας.

Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

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