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Cicero

On Duties Passage 61

Passage 222 of 371

Canonical reference 2.61

Latin

perseus-cicero-de_officiis-lat

In illo autem altero genere largiendi, quod a liberalitate proficiscitur, non uno modo in disparibus causis affecti esse debemus. Alia causa est eius, qui calamitate premitur, et eius, qui res meliores quaerit nullis suis rebus adversis.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

In the other kind of giving, which proceeds from generosity, we should not be disposed in the same way toward unlike circumstances. The case of someone oppressed by misfortune differs from that of someone seeking better circumstances although none of his own affairs are adverse.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Dans l'autre genre de libéralité, celui qui procède de la générosité, nous ne devons pas être disposés de la même façon envers des situations différentes. Autre est le cas de celui qu'accable le malheur, autre celui qui cherche une meilleure fortune sans avoir subi aucun revers.

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