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Quotation from On Duties (De Officiis) by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“we ought to regard, to cultivate, and to promote the good will and the social welfare of all mankind.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Cicero)

On Duties (De Officiis), Book I, ch. XLI, trans. Cyrus R. Edmonds

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Closing the discussion of how duties vary by person and occasion, Cicero names the wider fellowship of the human race.

Citation: "we ought to regard, to cultivate, and to promote the good will and the social welfare of all mankind." — Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties (De Officiis), Book I, ch. XLI, trans. Cyrus R. Edmonds. (id cicero-on-duties-q4)

Portrait: Francesco Bartolozzi - Cicero - B1977.14.19547 - Yale Center for British Art, Francesco Bartolozzi, CC0.

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