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Tag: friendship

  • Tough love

    “We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly; and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship; for to undertake to wound and offend a man for his own good is to have a healthy…

  • The sweetest consolation

    “there is no consolation so sweet in the loss of our friends as that which comes to us from the knowledge of not having forgotten to tell them anything” II.8. “Of the affection of fathers for their children” (p.349)

  • On being naturally inclined to society

    “There is nothing to which nature seems to have inclined us more than to society.” I.28 “Of friendship” (p.165) [People are naturally drawn to and in need of connection with other people.]

  • Embracing each other by our names

    “We embraced each other by our names.” I. 28 “Of friendship” (p. 169)