Quote #73
The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Cicero
- The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
- The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
- Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.
- The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laught…
- Strain every nerve to gain your point.
- The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freed…
- Reason should direct and appetite obey.
- The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.