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Read & copy the quotation
“At least I prefer to write unwisely rather than to be silent unkindly.”
- Date
- 2nd century CE
Meaning of “At least I prefer to write unwisely rather…”
Marcus explains why he risks offering awkward advice to Fronto: preserving kindness and speaking when concern matters can be preferable to staying silent simply to avoid possible embarrassment.
Where does it come from?
Project Gutenberg #2680, correspondence appendix, Ad M. Caes. ii. 2. Marcus closes a letter about Fronto’s role in the Herodes Atticus dispute with this sentence. It is personal epistolary reasoning inside a specific conflict, not a universal rule to intervene in every disagreement.
