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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters
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Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
Ep. CCXXXIII.
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Πυνθάνομαί σε σοφιστικῆς ἐρᾶν, καὶ τὸ σχῆμα εἶναι θαυμάσιον, οἷον σοβαρὸν φθέγγεσθαι, μέγα βλέπειν, βαδίζειν ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, τὸ λῆμά σοι φέρειν ἐκεῖσε εἰς Μαραθῶνα καὶ Σαλαμῖνα, ταῦτα δὴ τὰ ὑμέτερα καλλωπίσματα, καὶ μηδὲν ἐννοεῖν ὅτι μὴ Μιλτιάδας καὶ Κυναιγείρους, Καλλιμάχους τε καὶ Λαμάχους, καὶ πάντα ἐσκευάσθαι σοφιστικῶς καὶ ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τῆς ἐγχειρήσεως.
Εἰ μὲν οὖν μετὰ τούτου καὶ ἀρετῆς ποιῇ τινα λόγον, ἡμέτερος εἶ καὶ καθ' ὁδόν σοι προΐοι τὰ τῆς εὐδοκιμήσεως: εἰ δὲ τὸ ὅλον εἶ σοφιστὴς καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐπιλανθάνῃ φιλίας, ὧν τε πρὸς ἀλλήλους πολλάκις περὶ τοῦ καλοῦ διελέχθημεν, ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ἐρῶ δυσχερές, ἐκεῖνο δὲ εἰπεῖν ἴσως μέτριον: ἴσθι βραχέα μὲν παίζων ἐν τοῖς μειρακίοις, πλεῖστα ὑπὸ σεαυτοῦ παισθησόμενος, ἡνίκα ἂν ἔλθῃ σοι τὸ φρονεῖν, _ἀλλ' εἰς ὕστερον.