“Virtue (without which friendship is impossible) is first; but next to it, and to it alone, the greatest of all things is Friendship.”On Friendship, section 27 · View source
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“Virtue (without which friendship is impossible) is first; but next to it, and to it alone, the greatest of all things is Friendship.”On Friendship, section 27 · View source
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