On the record44 BC
For my part, I do not believe that even genuine legacies are moral, if they are sought after by designing flatteries and by attentions hypocritical rather than sincere.
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In a treatise on ethical conduct, Cicero asserts that even legally valid inheritances can be morally corrupt if obtained through manipulative means.
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