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Cicero: “Then, too, certain bounds must be observed in our amusements and we must be careful not to carry things too far and…”

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Then, too, certain bounds must be observed in our amusements and we must be careful not to carry things too far and, swept away by our passions, lapse into some shameful excess.
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Cicero

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In his work on ethical conduct, Cicero warns that limits must be observed in amusements to prevent passions from leading to shameful excess.

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