If possible, we should by all means attend to both kinds of service; but we must take care in protecting the interests of individuals that what we do for them shall be beneficial, or at least not prejudicial to the state.
Cicero advises that in serving individuals, one must ensure such actions also benefit or at least do not harm the broader state.
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