nam salutatio, nisi negotium aliquod activa deportet materia, succincta est; quam qui porrigit verbis non necessariis, a regula Sallustiani tramitis detortus exorbitat, qui Catilinam culpat habuisse satis eloquentiae sapientiae parum.
For a message of greeting is necessarily short, unless some stirring material provides a topic to occupy the writer; and anyone who spins it out with unessential words breaks right away from the path prescribed by Sallust, who blames Catiline for having had plenty of eloquence but too little wisdom.
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