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Cicero: “But they must be disabused of this error and their way of thinking must be wholly converted to the hope and conviction…”

On the record44 BC
But they must be disabused of this error and their way of thinking must be wholly converted to the hope and conviction that it is only by moral character and righteousness, not by dishonesty and craftiness, that they may attain to the objects of their desires.
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

Cicero argues that people must abandon the belief in cunning and embrace moral character and righteousness as the sole means to achieve their goals.

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