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Cicero: “In all these it is with one accord ordained that no man shall be allowed for the sake of his own advantage to injure his…”

On the record44 BC
In all these it is with one accord ordained that no man shall be allowed for the sake of his own advantage to injure his neighbour.
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Cicero

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Cicero states a fundamental moral principle, universally ordained, that prohibits harming one's neighbor for personal gain.

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