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Cicero: “To conclude, then, it is never expedient to do wrong, because wrong is always immoral; and it is always expedient to be…”

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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.
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Cicero

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.

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