loyalty
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
loyal · desire for your prosperity · disloyal · faithful · fides · good will · service and support · true · want you to prosper
in the texts
Nicocles or the Cyprians
Faithfulness and goodwill toward the king, expressed in service, support, and rejection of disloyalty.
and if they are faithful and just they will be given a share in my privileges;
Be confident, but less because of my mildness than because of your own goodness.
Abstain not merely from wrongdoing, but also from such conduct as must needs arouse suspicion.
Letters to Lucilius
Faithfulness and trustworthiness, especially under duress
Loyalty is the most sacred good of the human breast, which is forced by no necessity to deceive, corrupted by no reward.
Economics
Attachment to the master and household that makes a steward act for their prosperity in the master's absence.
Yes, Socrates, I find that is the best instrument for producing loyalty.
And how, in heaven’s name, do you teach your man to be loyal to you and yours?
but I may tell you, loyalty to me and to mine is the first lesson I try to teach.