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Laelius de Amicitia

Marcus Tullius CiceroOriginal title Laelius de amicitia (Latin, -44)

Laelius de Amicitia is a treatise on friendship by the Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero, written in 44 BC.

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“Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.”
Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt.

Marcus Tullius Cicero book Laelius de Amicitia

Section 98
See also Esse quam videri
Source: Laelius De Amicitia – Laelius On Friendship (44 BC)

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