Letter 251: I hold the straightest rule of friendship to be this: one who breathes in harmony with his brothers without...
Οκω εοτία αμπιϊεϊἰα τέσμία. Ἐγὼ κανόνα. φιλίας εὐθύτατον ἡγοῦμαι τὸν ἀπροφασίστως μὲν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς συμπνέοντα, μήτε ὃὲ χολαχείᾳ τὰς φιλίας προσαγόμενον, μῆτε λάθρα μεταχειριξόμενον τὰς ἔχθρας " ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἅπαντα τὴν Ψυχὴν γυμνὸν, ἁπλοῦν μὲν τυγχάνοντα τὴν γνώμην, ἁπλοῦν δὲ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἁπλούστερον δὲ ἔτι μᾶλλον τὸν βίον.
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