Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

友也者，友其德也，不可以有挾也

Mencius

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Topic

Equality in friendship Friendship

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

Occupation

Philosopher

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Mencius. Mencius. 4th century B. C., bk. 5, pt. 2, ch. 3, vs. 1

Current Citation

Mencius. The Works of Mencius. Dover Publications, 2011, bk. 5, pt. 2, ch. 3, vs. 1.

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Another quote about Friendship

One soul dwelling in two bodies.

Aristotle

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

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Topic
Friends Friendship
Speaker
Aristotle

Author

Diogenes Laërtius
Source
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Genre
Biography Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Quoted in "Aristotle," The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. 3rd century BC, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

Current Citation

Diogenes Laertius: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, Volume I. Translated by R. D. Hicks. Harvard UP, 1925, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

Another quote originally in Chinese

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Patience All in good time Nature Teleology

Author

Lao Tzu
Source
Tao Te Ching
Genre
Philosophical literature Religious literature
Language
Chinese
Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
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Original Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. 4th century BC, ch. 37.

Current Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao. Translated by John Minford. Penguin, 2019.