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magna etiam discidia et plerumque iusta nasci,
cum aliquid ab amicis quod rectum non esset postularetur, ut aut libidinis ministri aut adiutores essent
ad iniuriam, quod qui recusarent, quamvis honeste
id facerent, ius tamen amicitiae deserere arguerentur
ab eis, quibus obsequi nollent; illos autem, qui
quidvis ab amico auderent postulare, postulatione
ipsa profiteri omnia se amici causa esse facturos.
eorum querella inveterata non modo familiaritates
exstingui solere, sed odia etiam gigni sempiterna.
haec ita multa quasi fata impendere amicitiis, ut
omnia subterfugere non modo sapientiae, sed etiam
felicitatis diceret sibi videri.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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