I do not mention fortitude, for a courageous spirit in a man who has not attained perfection and ideal wisdom is generally too impetuous; it is those other virtues that seem more particularly to mark the good man.
From his philosophical treatise on moral duties, Cicero distinguishes between different virtues and their role in defining a good person.
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But those wars which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness.
For there are men who for fear of giving offence do not dare to express their honest opinion, no matter how excellent.
Further than this, who fails to see that those promises are not binding which are extorted by intimidation or which we make when misled by false pretences?
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…
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