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Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes about friend

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "a friend is a second self"
a friend is a second self Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "A friend is, as it were, a second self."
A friend is, as it were, a second self. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you."
Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Never injure a friend, even in jest."
Never injure a friend, even in jest. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but..."
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "For how many things, which for our own sake we should never..."
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero

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