Now, there are many, and especially those who are ambitious for eminence and glory, who rob one to enrich another and they expect to be thought generous towards their friends, if they put them in the way of getting rich, no matter by what means. Such conduct, however, is so remote from moral duty that nothing can be more completely opposed to duty. Marcus Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. Book 1. Section 43.
Image: Bust thought to be that of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus father of the emperor Nero at the Vatican Museum. Suetonius described him as ""despicable and dishonest." He cheated on bankers for purchases he made. When he was Praetor, Domitius would swindle the prize money of victorious charioteers. Domitius was also considered a serious womanizer. The Emperor Tiberius charged him with treason, adultery with a noblewoman and incest with his sister but the ascension of Caligula saved him from execution. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user Sailko.
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