On the record44 BC
But to nothing it is so hostile as to friendship; for it destroys that frankness without which friendship is an empty name.
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Cicero
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Editor's note · Context
Expanding on the dangers of false pretense, Cicero argues that insincerity is particularly destructive to the essential openness required for true friendship.
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