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"Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them would prove harmful to those to whom you have made them."

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Promises

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Statesman

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About Cicero

Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, and writer active during the final decades of the Roman Republic. His speeches, letters, and philosophical works became central texts in Latin rhetoric and political thought.

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