For nothing can ever be virtuous or creditable that is not just.
[Nihil enim honestum esse potest, quod iustitia vacat.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The Offices], Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19) / sec. 62 (44 BC) [tr. Cockman (1699)]
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(Source (Latin)). Alternate translations:No conduct cannot be honorable which departs from justice.
[tr. McCartney (1798)]For nothing that is devoid of justice can be a virtue.
[tr. Edmonds (1865)]Nothing that is devoid of justice can be honorable.
[tr. Peabody (1883)]There can be no honour without justice.
[tr. Gardiner (1899)]Right cannot be where justice is not.
[ed. Harbottle (1906)]Nothing that lacks justice can be morally right.
[tr. Miller (1913)]Nothing can be morally worthy that lacks justice.
[tr. Edinger (1974)]