But the trouble about this matter is that it is in the greatest souls and in the most brilliant geniuses that we usually find ambitions for civil and military authority, for power, and for glory, springing up; and therefore we must be the more heedful not to go wrong in that direction.
Cicero warns that the most talented individuals are often susceptible to ambitions for power and glory, necessitating caution against moral failings.
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