When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Plutarch
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Posted in Plutarch, Uncategorized with tags friend, Plutarch, shadow on September 12, 2008 by pisateli
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch (AD 46 – 120 — commonly known in English as Plutarch — was a Romanhistorian (of Greek ethnicity), biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist
Posted in Plutarch, Uncategorized with tags adversity, Plutarch, prosperity on September 3, 2008 by pisateli
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch
