Plutarch Quotes about Friendship

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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Plutarch

Friendship, Change, Philosophy

A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me.''

Plutarch

Friendship, Divorce, Shoes

Plutarch (2000). “The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Volume I: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.519, Modern Library