De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The Offices], Book 3, ch. 9 (3.9) / sec. 39 (44 BC) [tr. Miller (1913)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
If nobody were to know or even to suspect the truth, when you do anything to gain riches or power or sovereignty or sensual gratification -- if your act should be hidden for ever from the knowledge of gods and men, would you do it? [...] Should they answer that,…
