On the record44 BC
For there is no business and no course of action demanded from us by our honour which you can consistently decline, or lay aside when begun, from a mere wish to escape from anxiety.
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Cicero
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Editor's note · Context
Arguing against the avoidance of responsibility, Cicero states that honor dictates one cannot abandon duties merely to escape personal anxiety.
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