J. M.

Oxford.

"_Suum cuique tribuere_" (Vol. iii. p. 518.).--I beg to refer your

correspondent M. D. to Cicero's _De Claris Oratoribus_, which is the

nearest parallel passage I can find: viz.

"Erat omnius tum mos, ut in reliquis rebus melior, sic in hoc ipso

humanior: ut faciles essent in _suum cuique tribuendo_."

In a note, an allusion to Justice is made: but my Cicero is a very old

edition, and is divided into four tomes. The above is from tome i. p.

305, letter F.

The only other parallel passage is from Liber II., "Ad Herennium," thus:

"_Justitia_ est habitus animi, communi utilitate conservata, _suam

cuique tribuens_ dignitatem."

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