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Cicero@cicero Β· c. 44 BC
I would rather err on the side of gratuitous kindness than of gratuitous harshness. A man who has been too lenient can correct his mistake by being stricter. A man who has been too harsh cannot undo what he has broken. In politics, the broken thing is usually a person.
β Cicero, De Officiis (On Duties), Book I, Chapter 25
Ancient Rome