Usages of communis
Opinio matris est bonos magistratus bonum commune, non commodum privatum, quaerere debere.
Mother’s opinion is that good magistrates ought to seek the common good, not private advantage.
Sed pater respondet vitam privatam quoque curas habere et officium commune familiae numquam deesse.
But father answers that private life also has cares and that the common duty of the family is never lacking.
Cum senatores inter se disputarent, tribunus suadebat ut ad bonum commune potius quam ad commodum privatum spectarent.
When the senators were debating among themselves, the tribune was advising them to look to the common good rather than private advantage.
Multum interest utrum cives bonum commune an commodum privatum quaerant.
It matters a great deal whether the citizens seek the common good or private advantage.
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