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Friendship ... receives its real sustenance from an equality that, to proceed wi — Étienne de la Boétie

Friendship ... receives its real sustenance from an equality that, to proceed without a limp, must have its two limbs equal.

Étienne de la Boétie

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I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God. — Sir Thomas Browne
Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est. — To desire the same things and to reject the same things
Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat. — The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. Ovid
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Though they return with scars. — Allan Ramsay's Version. See his Tea-Table Miscellany
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on th — Michel de Montaigne
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature, and embroidered by imagination. — Voltaire
My body’s life and strength proceed from Thee, My soul within and spirit are of — Omar Khayyám
Writings of the Young Marx on Philosophy and Society , L. Easton, trans. (1967), — Karl Marx
When you meet the true Guru, He will awaken your heart; He will tell you the sec — Kabir
The past is past, the future unformed. There is only the moment , and that is wh — William Gibson
All progress means war with Society. — George Bernard Shaw