Prefer that which is generally beneficial

It behooves intelligent men, since they cannot see clearly what will always be to their advantage, to show to the world that they prefer that which is generally beneficial. Isocrates. On The Peace. Speech 8. Section 34.

Image: Titus Manlius and Romans Senators tapestry in the series Stories of Decius Mus from the workshop of Jan Raes II using a Peter Paul Rubens design 17th century CE now at the Royal Palace of Madrid. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.