From Witham, p. 71;
"poor wretch that I was, I used to fast and then read Cicero. After shedding thears which the remembrance of past sins brought forth from my inmost heart, I would take in my hands a volume of Plautus. When I came to myself and began to read a prophet again, I rebelled at the uncouth style..."
Ancient Christian Writes: Letters of St. Jerome, vol. 1, trans. Charles Christopher Mierow(New York: Paulist Press, 1963), 165-66.
Freaking hilarious lol, I must find out the original Latin one.
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