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71: Cicero's "On Doody" [sic], Book I

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Importance of Virtue in Moderation

I'm just thinking that this is like the Bible and manuscript of the 19th century British gentleman. Yes. And that's what causes me pause is that some of those things we've done away with for a reason. Because you're blue collar America. Partially yes. And partially because, right, think about France, right? How they for a while had the aristocracy and what was right and appropriate in the aristocracy were to look down upon and even deride the common rabble. So there's a place for propriety. Well, it's propriety of virtue. But isn't this why it's in the moderation section? Mm. No, he's saying like, don

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