On the record44 BC
To conclude, then, it is never expedient to do wrong, because wrong is always immoral; and it is always expedient to be good, because goodness is always moral.
Said by
Cicero
Source
gutenberg.orgCicero: “To conclude, then, it is never expedient to do wrong, because wrong is always immoral; and it is always expedient to be…”
Editor's note · Context
Concluding a discussion on ethics, Cicero asserts that true advantage is inseparable from moral rectitude, and wrongdoing can never be truly beneficial.
Share
More from Cicero
44 BC
For self-control is the foe of the passions, and the passions are the handmaids of pleasure.
44 BC
Such acts of generosity are not to be so highly esteemed as those which are performed with judgment, deliberation, and mature consideration.
44 BC
Further than this, who fails to see that those promises are not binding which are extorted by intimidation or which we make when misled by false pretences?
44 BC
For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a pre-eminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.
Other voices in this conversation
