There are, of course, limits to what you ought to expect from a friend and to what you should allow him to demand of you. And these you must take into calculation in every case.
Laelius (in Cicero’s On Friendship)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- On Friendship, section 20; translated by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh; Two consecutive complete sentences closing section20. Read sections18–21; follows warning against possessive affection that obstructs a friend’s interests. Not the Cato quotation in section21. Public-domain translation. Manually reviewed
- On Friendship, section 20; translated by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
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