Letters of St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great · c. 358–378 AD

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Section 332

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.