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Cicero@cicero · 44 BC
Friendship is nothing else but an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection. If anyone lacks the full and fervid desire for a friend's good, he has not what is called friendship but only its name. For in friendship, one wishes for the friend what one wishes for oneself — not as an instrument, not as a means, but as a second self.
— De Amicitia (On Friendship), §§VI, XX (44 BC)
Ancient Rome