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The question was once put to him, how we ought to behave to our friends; and the answer he gave was, "As we should wish our friends to behave to us."

The question was once put to him, how we ought to behave to our friends; and the answer he gave was, "As we should wish our friends to behave to us."

Approximate author period: c. 200 AD · classical

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Diogenes Laertius
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Approximate author period: c. 200 AD · classical
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Aristotle. xi.

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