Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 124

St Jerome (AD 345–420) · De viris illustribus · PL 23, 598–720

124 Ambrose the bishop PL 23, 711

Ambrose a bishop of Milan, at the present time is still writing. I withhold my judgment of him, because he is still alive, fearing either to praise or blame lest in the one event, I should be blamed for adulation, and in the other for speaking the truth.

Ambrosius, Mediolanensis episcopus, usque in praesentem diem scribit, de quo, quia superest, meum judicium subtraham, ne in alterutram partem, aut adulatio in me reprehendatur, aut veritas.

Ἀμβρόσιος, Μεδιολάνου ἐπίσκοπος, ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἑμέρας συγγράφεται καὶ ἐπείπερ περίεστι, τὴν ἐμὴν κρίσιν ἀναστέλλω, μήπως κολακείας μᾶλλον, ἢ ἀληθείας εὐθύνωμαι.

Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (eds.), New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1890-1900. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).