Nilus of Ancyra→Julian|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.
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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