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Now they are worthy of
friendship who have within their own souls the reason
for their being loved. A rare class indeed! And
really everything splendid is rare, and nothing is
harder to find than something which in all respects
is a perfect specimen of its kind. But the majority
of men recognize nothing whatever in human experi-
[p. 189]
ence as good unless it brings some profit and they
regard their friends as they do their cattle, valuing
most highly those which give hope of the largest
gain.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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