All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.
Cicero passionately advocates for the paramount importance of friendship, explaining its inherent alignment with human nature and its utility in all circumstances.
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