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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