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From which act it could easily be perceived
that there is no bond so holy and solemn, that avarice is not in the habit of weakening
and violating it. In truth, if friendship is kept up by truth, society by good faith,
relationship by affection, it is inevitable that he who has endeavoured to despoil his
friend, his partner, and his relation of fame and fortune, should confess himself
worthless and perfidious and impious.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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