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26. quod si in scena, id est in contione, in
qua rebus fictis et adumbratis loci plurimum est,
tamen verum valet, si modo id patefactum et illustratum est, quid in amicitia fieri oportet, quae tota
veritate perpenditur? in qua nisi, ut dicitur,
apertum pectus videas tuumque ostendas, nihil
fidum, nihil exploratum habeas, ne amare quidem
aut amari, cum id quam vere fiat ignores. quamquam ista assentatio, quamvis perniciosa sit, nocere
tamen nemini potest nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque
ea delectatur. ita fit ut is assentatoribus patefaciat
auris suas maxime, qui ipse sibi assentetur et se
maxime ipse delectet.
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