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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confidence of their help.

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The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.

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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

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27. Of all the means which are procured by wisdom to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of fi...more