Church Father Writings · Basil the Great

Letter 343

Basil the Great · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series · Vol. 8

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ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA

Libanius to Basil.

IF these are the words of an untrained tongue, what would you be if you would polish them? On your lips live fountains of words better than the flowing of springs. I, on the contrary, if I am not daily watered, am silent.

Edition Record

Translator
Translated by Blomfield Jackson.
Series
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series
Volume
Vol. 8.
Editor
Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
Publisher
Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.,
Year
1895.