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13. Therefore let this be ordained as the first
law of friendship: Ask of friends only what is honourable; do for friends only what is honourable and
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without even waiting to be asked; let zeal be ever
present, but hesitation absent; dare to give true
advice with all frankness; in friendship let the
influence of friends who are wise counsellors be
paramount, and let that influence be employed in
advising, not only with frankness, but, if the occasion
demands, even with sternness, and let the advice
be followed when given.
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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