It is not in all matters that a genuine friend is prompt to copy or commend us, but only in the best.
Plutarch
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- On Fawner and Friend — Selected Essays, volume I (1913), translated by T. G. Tucker; Complete sentence in Plutarch’s own argument distinguishing genuine friendship from imitation and flattery. Precedes a separately credited Sophocles quotation. Public-domain Tucker translation verified on title page
- On Fawner and Friend — Selected Essays, volume I (1913), translated by T. G. Tucker
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