Ambition tempts men to acts of injustice

The higher a man's ambition, the more easily he is tempted to acts of injustice by his desire for fame.  Marcus Tullius Cicero.  De Officiis.  Book 1.  Section 65.


Image: Statue of the Roman Emperor Domitian (r. 81–96), from Vaison-la-Romaine, France courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor maarjaara.

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