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Cicero: “It may often happen that the untrustworthiness of certain men is completely displayed in a small money matter; others…”

On the record44 BC
It may often happen that the untrustworthiness of certain men is completely displayed in a small money matter; others who are proof against a small sum are detected if it be large.
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

In a discourse on the qualities of true friendship, this observation highlights how financial matters can reveal a person's character.

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