We demand that men who are courageous and high-souled shall at the same time be good and straightforward, lovers of truth, and foes to deception, for these qualities are the center and soul of justice. Marcus Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. Book 1. Section 63.
Image: Castings of (L to R) Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Clodius Albinus at the Pushkin Museum. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Shakko.
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