On the record44 BC
But of all forms of injustice, none is more flagrant than that of the hypocrite who, at the very moment when he is most false, makes it his business to appear virtuous.
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Cicero
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From his work on moral obligations, Cicero identifies hypocrisy as the most egregious form of injustice, particularly when one feigns virtue while acting falsely.
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