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We give to necessity the praise of virtue. — Quintilian

Philosophical literature

We give to necessity the praise of virtue.

In the original Latin

laudem virtutis necessitati damus

Quintilian
Institutio Oratoria · 95
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NecessityMoral theory
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Philosophical literature
Time
95Classical antiquity
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Quintilian
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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 1, ch. 8, sect. 14.

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