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Again, there are others, I am told, who, with even
less of human feeling, maintain (and I briefly touched
on this point just now) that friendships must be
sought for the sake of the defence and aid they
give and not out of goodwill and affection; therefore,
that those least endowed with firmness of character
and strength of body have the greatest longing for
friendship; and consequently, that helpless women,
more than men, seek its shelter, the poor more than
the rich, and the unfortunate more than those who are
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accounted fortunate.
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