“Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
“Friendship is always helpful, but love sometimes even does harm”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXXV
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