Off. 1.8.1Expetuntur autem dīvitiae cum ad ūsūs vītae necessāriōs, tum ad perfruendās voluptātēs.Wealth is sought, moreover, both for the necessary uses of life and for the full enjoyment of pleasures. Off. 1.8.1In quibus autem maior est animus, in iīs pecūniae cupiditās spectat ad opēs et ad grātificandī facultātem, ut nūper M. Crassus negābat ūllam satis magnam pecūniam esse eī, quī in rē pūblicā prīnceps vellet esse, cuius frūctibus exercitum alere nōn posset.But in those of greater spirit the desire for money looks to power and to the means of bestowing favours, as Marcus Crassus lately used to say that no fortune was large enough for a man who wished to be the leading man in the state, if he could not maintain an army on its income. Off. 1.8.1Dēlectant etiam magnificī apparātūs vītaeque cultūs cum ēlegantiā et cōpiā;Magnificent display and a style of living marked by elegance and abundance also give delight; Off. 1.8.1quibus rēbus effectum est, ut īnfīnīta pecūniae cupiditās esset.and through these things it has come about that the desire for money is without limit. Off. 1.8.1Nec vērō reī familiāris amplificātiō nēminī nocēns vituperanda est, sed fugienda semper iniūria est.Nor indeed is the increase of one's estate to be blamed if it harms no one, but wrongdoing must always be shunned.
Off. 1.8.26Maximē autem addūcuntur plērīque, ut eōs iūstitiae capiat oblīviō, cum in imperiōrum, honōrum, glōriae cupiditātem incidērunt.Most men, however, are led above all to forget justice when they have fallen into a desire for military commands, offices and glory. Off. 1.8.26Quod enim est apud Ennium: " Nūlla sāncta societās Nec fidēs regnī est.For what we find in Ennius, 'No fellowship is sacred, nor is faith, in kingship,' Off. 1.8.26" id lātius patet.applies more widely. Off. 1.8.26Nam quicquid eius modī est, in quō nōn possint plūrēs excellere, in eō fit plērumque tanta contentiō, ut difficillimum sit servāre "sānctam societātem."For whenever something is of such a kind that not many can excel in it, there is generally such rivalry over it that it is very difficult to preserve a 'sacred fellowship'. Off. 1.8.26Dēclārāvit id modo temeritās C. Caesaris, quī omnia iūra dīvīna et hūmāna pervertit propter eum, quem sibi ipse opīniōnis errōre finxerat, prīncipātum.This was shown just now by the recklessness of Gaius Caesar, who overturned all laws divine and human for the sake of that supremacy which he had imagined for himself through an error of judgement. Off. 1.8.26Est autem in hōc genere molestum, quod in maximīs animīs splendidissimīsque ingeniīs plērumque exsistunt honōris, imperiī, potentiae, glōriae cupiditātēs.But what is troubling in this matter is that it is generally in the greatest spirits and the most brilliant talents that desires for office, command, power and glory arise.
Off. 1.8.26Quō magis cavendum est, nē quid in eō genere peccētur.All the more must we take care that no wrong be committed in this kind. Off. 1.8.27Sed in omnī iniūstitiā permultum interest, utrum perturbātiōne aliquā animī, quae plērumque brevis est et ad tempus, an cōnsultō et cōgitāta fīat iniūria.But in every injustice it makes a very great difference whether the wrong is done through some disturbance of the mind, which is generally brief and of the moment, or deliberately and with forethought. Off. 1.8.27Leviōra enim sunt ea, quae repentīnō aliquō mōtū accidunt, quam ea, quae meditāta et praeparāta īnferuntur.For those wrongs which happen through some sudden impulse are lighter than those which are inflicted after premeditation and preparation. Off. 1.8.27Ac dē īnferendā quidem iniūriā satis dictum est.And enough has been said about inflicting wrong.