“For to like the same things and to dislike the same things, only this is a strong friendship.”

—  Sallust

Source: Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Chapter XX, 4; quoting Catiline

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Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.

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