In no other particular are we farther removed from the nature of beasts; for we admit that they may have courage (horses and lions, for example); but we do not admit that they have justice, equity, and goodness; for they are not endowed with reason or speech.
Cicero, in his philosophical work, distinguishes humanity from animals by asserting that only humans possess virtues like justice, equity, and goodness, due to their capacity for reason and speech.
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Now, those who care for the interests of a part of the citizens and neglect another part, introduce into the civil service a dangerous element--dissension and party strife.
From this attitude come greatness of soul and a sense of superiority to worldly conditions.
For we contend, for example, with a fellow-citizen in one way, if he is a personal enemy, in another, if he is a rival: with the rival it is a struggle for office and position, with the enemy for life and honour.
For self-control is the foe of the passions, and the passions are the handmaids of pleasure.
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