Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Gore Vidal

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Topic

Envy Friends Friendship

Speaker

Gore Vidal

Source

Sunday Times Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Vidal, Gore. Quoted in "Behind the Face of the Gifted Bitch" by Susan Barnes. The Sunday Times Magazine, 16 Sept. 1973.

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Political leadership Leadership

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John Kenneth Galbraith
Source
The Age of Uncertainty
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1977 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Age of Uncertainty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977, ch. 12.

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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Value of friendship Friends Friendship

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Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 8.