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Aristotle on Friendship

384 BC–322 BC Greece

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The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aristotle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.