Browsing Quotes With Tag: friendship (85)
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Self-contented as [the philosopher] is, then, he does need friends – and wants as many of them as possible – but not to enable him to lead a happy life; this he will have even without friends.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:41 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There can be no doubt that the desire lovers have for each other is not so very different from friendship – you might say it was friendship gone mad.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:39 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What is my object in making a friend? To have someone to be able to die for, someone I may follow into exile, someone for whose life I may put myself up as security and pay the price as well.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:38 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Anyone thinking of his own interests and seeking out friendship with this in view is making a great mistake.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:35 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Through the agency of these the god draws the souls of men wherever he wishes, by hitching one man to the power of another.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!