Letters of Isidore of Pelusium · c. 405
Isidore of Pelusium → Lampetius
Tradução moderna em inglês
Insofar as I surpass others in your esteem regarding honor, to that same degree I bear a heavier burden of responsibility. For honor without duty is a crown without authority, and authority without accountability is a sword without a scabbard. Let the one who is most honored serve the most, and the one who is highest bow the lowest.
Texto latino / grego
ΨϚ΄. – ΕΥΑΓΡΙΩ ΚΟΜΙΤΙ ΘΕΩΝΙ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟ. Ὅσῳ τῇ τιμῇ παρὰ σοὶ τῶν ἄλλων πλεονεκτῶ,