Collecting Letters

Ἀει προτιμήσας ἐμαυτοῦ τὸν μέγαν Βασίλειον, εἰ κἀκείνῳ τούναντίον ἐδόκει, καὶ νῦν προτιμῶ, οὐχ ἦττον διὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἤ τὴν φιλίαν. Διὰ τοῦτο προθεὶς τὰς ἐκείνου ἐπιστολὰς, τὰς ἐμὰς ὑποτίθημι. Καὶ γὰρ ἐπιθυμῶ πανταχοῦ συνεζεῦχθαι ἡμᾶς ἀλλήλοις, καὶ ἄμα τύπον παρέχων τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῦ μετρίου καὶ τῆς ὑφέσεως.  Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, Ἐπιστολή ΝΓ', Νικοβουλῳ Source: Migne PG 37.109a-b

I have always placed the great Basil before myself, even if he seemed to be opposed to this, and so I do now, not less for truth's sake than for friendship's. Thus I have placed his letters first and placed mine after them. For I wish that we will always be joined together, and also I would supply others with an example of modesty and submission. Saint Gregory Nazianzus, Letter 53, to Nicoboulus