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

“that he was never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less alone than when he was alone.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Scipio Africanus (reported by Cato))

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

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The opening of Book III, where Cicero contrasts Scipio's fruitful leisure with his own enforced retirement from public life.

Citation: "that he was never less at leisure than when at leisure, nor less alone than when he was alone." — Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties (De Officiis), Book III, ch. I, trans. Cyrus R. Edmonds. (id cicero-on-duties-q6)

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

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