On Duties (De Officiis)
44 BC · 423 pages
Cicero tells his son what a decent person owes everyone: keep your word, harm nobody, and stop believing a shameful act can pay. Real Roman cases of profit against honesty carry the argument.
★ 7.4
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On Friendship
44 BC · 384 pages
Cicero gives the argument to Laelius, a statesman grieving his dead friend: real friendship binds only good men, is wanted for nothing beyond itself, and makes fortune brighter and hardship lighter.
★ 7.0
It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.
Concerning Divination · 44 BC