Friends share all things.

κοινὰ τὰ φίλων εἶναι καὶ φιλίαν ἰσότητα.

Pythagoras

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Friendship Generosity Sharing Friends

Speaker

Pythagoras

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Pythagoras. Quoted in "Pythagoras," The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. 3rd century BC, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 10.

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