“Of all felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship…”

Of all felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities.

Seneca Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency, 1882

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Author: Seneca
Source: Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
Type: book
Year: 1882
Locator: Of a Happy Life, ch. XVIII
Translator: Roger L'Estrange
Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co.
Rights: Public domainPublic domain in the USCC0, no rights reservedProtected work, short quotation
Check it: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56075

From Roger L'Estrange's abstract of Seneca's moral writings, first published in 1678.

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Seneca 4 BCE–65 · Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. Wikipedia