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Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship

The Daily Stoic

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The Art of Making Friends

The wise man is self sufficient that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. He endures the loss of a friend with equanimity. But he need never lack friends, for it lies in his own control how soon he shall make good a loss. Even so, our master in the art of making friendships can fill the place of a friend he has lost. So far as this letter is concerned, hicato says, i can show you a filter compounded without drugs, herbs or any which is incantation, if you would be loved, love.

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