On the record44 BC
It is even worse than refusing to set a man on his way: it is deliberately leading a man astray.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “It is even worse than refusing to set a man on his way: it is deliberately leading a man astray.”
Editor's note · Context
In a work on moral philosophy, Cicero distinguishes between the passive act of withholding information and the active act of misleading someone.
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