Usages of bonum commune
Quamvis res publica magna sit, singuli tamen cives bonum commune iuvare possunt.
Although the state is great, individual citizens can nevertheless help the common good.
Senator prudens dicit cives bonum commune commodo privato praeferre debere.
A wise senator says that citizens ought to prefer the common good to private advantage.
Si quis commodum privatum quaerit, bonum commune saepe neglegit.
If anyone seeks private advantage, he often neglects the common good.
Pater dicit se gloriam sine bono communi spernere.
Father says that he scorns glory without the common good.
Quidam pueri ad forum emendi causa eunt, alii autem audiendi causa, quia orator hodie de bono communi dicturus est.
Some boys go to the forum for the sake of buying, but others for the sake of listening, because the speaker is going to talk today about the common good.
Princeps bonum commune ac salutem civitatis spectare debet.
A ruler ought to consider the common good and the safety of the state.
Plurimi cives prorsus credunt principem bonum commune quaerere.
Very many citizens completely believe that the ruler seeks the common good.
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