For if anyone proceeds in a passion to inflict punishment, he will never observe that happy mean which lies between excess and defect.
Cicero: “For if anyone proceeds in a passion to inflict punishment, he will never observe that happy mean which lies between…”
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Cicero
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From his philosophical treatise on moral duties, Cicero discusses the importance of dispassionate judgment in administering punishment.
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