But if there is nothing so repugnant to nature as immorality (for nature demands right and harmony and consistency and abhors their opposites), and if nothing is so thoroughly in accord with nature as expediency, then surely expediency and immorality cannot coexist in one and the same object.
In his work on moral philosophy, Cicero asserts that immorality is contrary to nature, and therefore true expediency cannot be immoral.
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