Deny no one the water that flows by. Let anyone who will take fire from our fire. Honest counsel give to one who is in doubt. For such acts are useful to the recipient and cause the giver no loss. Marcus Tullius Cicero summarizing the principles of Ennius. De Officiis. Section 52.
Image: The Martyr by Auguste Bartholdi, 1874 at the Bartholdi Museum in Colmar, France courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Edelseider. Prometheus probably wished Zeus subscribed to Ennius' principles!
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