"Lay down this rule of friendship: neither..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.
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“If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.”
“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”
“I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.”
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