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Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero

106โ€“43 BCE · Roman

Statesman and orator who carried Greek philosophy into Roman life and law.

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Est ... amicitia ... rerum ... omnium ... consensio

Original (Latin)

“Friendship is agreement on all things divine and human, with goodwill and affection.”

Laelius de Amicitia 20

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Aristotle

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Montaigne

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