Cicero
Roman statesman, orator and philosopher (106 to 43 BCE); consul in 63 BCE; author of On Duties.
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Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them
For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.
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Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them
For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
Good faith, meaning truth and keeping promises and agreements, is the foundation of justice
The foundation of justice, moreover, is good faith—that is, truth and fidelity to promises and agreements.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
Disputes should be settled by discussion, resorting to force only when discussion is impossible
For since there are two ways of settling a dispute: first, by discussion; second, by physical force; and since the former is characteristic of man, the latter of the brute, we must resort to force only in case we may not avail ourselves of discussion.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
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Both force and fraud are unworthy of humans, but fraud is the more contemptible
While wrong may be done, then, in either of two ways, that is, by force or by fraud, both are bestial: fraud seems to belong to the cunning fox, force to the lion; both are wholly unworthy of man, but fraud is the more contemptible.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
Fear is a poor safeguard of lasting power; affection can keep it safe
For fear is but a poor safeguard of lasting power; while affection, on the other hand, may be trusted to keep it safe for ever.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
Lasting glory cannot be won by pretence, empty show or hypocritical talk
For if anyone thinks that he can win lasting glory by pretence, by empty show, by hypocritical talk and looks, he is very much mistaken.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
Nothing is expedient unless it is morally right; a thing is expedient because it is right, not the reverse
For nothing can be expedient which is not at the same time morally right; neither can a thing be morally right just because it is expedient, but it is expedient because it is morally right.
De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913) Said c. 45–44 BCE
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