| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12411 |
| QUOTATION: | Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection, and I am inclined to think that, with the exception of wisdom, no better thing has been given to man by the immortal gods |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.), Roman orator, philosopher, statesman. De Amicitia, 20. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Cicero Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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