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Selected Works by Cicero, translated by Michael Grant — WisdomDeck honest review

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Selected Works

by Cicero, translated by Michael Grant

Penguin's Cicero sampler: against Verres, the Catiline speech, On Duties Book Three, letters, On Old Age. The orator and the moralist in one.

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Three things you will actually use

Speak against corruption.
Honor over expedience.
Letters reveal the man.

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