# Epistulae Βασίλειος Λιβανίῳ-5

Basilius, Epistulae, Βασίλειος Λιβανίῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3-5

Τὸ μὴ συνεχῶς με γράφειν πρὸς τὴν σὴν παίδευσιν, πείθουσι τό τε δέος καὶ ἡ ἀμαθία· τὸ δέ σε καρτερικώτατα σιωπᾷν, τί τῆς μέμψεως ἐξαιρήσεται; εἰ δέ τις λογίσαιτο τὸ καὶ ἐν λόγοις σε βιοῦντα ὀκνεῖν ἐπιστέλλειν, καταψηφιεῖταί σου λήθην τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς. ᾧ γὰρ τὸ λέγειν πρόχειρον, καὶ τὸ ἐπιστέλλειν οὐκ ἀνέτοιμον. ὁ δὲ ταῦτα κεκτημένος, εἶτα σιγῶν, εὔδηλον ὡς ὑπεροψίᾳ ἢ λήθῃ τοῦτο ποιεῖ. ἐγὼ δέ σου τὴν σιωπὴν ἀμείψομαι προσρήσει. χαῖρε τοίνυν, τιμιώτατε, καὶ γράφε εἰ βούλοιο· καὶ μὴ γράφε, εἰ τοῦτό σοι προσφιλές.

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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae, ed. Roy J. Deferrari. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2040.tlg004.local001/.