For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous. — Publilius Syrus · Skopia

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For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

In the original Latin

Honesta turpitudo est pro causa bona.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae · 43 BC

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End justifies the means Wrongdoing Moral relativism

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43 BC Classical antiquity

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Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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