if his friend be rich, he is not poor; though he be weak, his friend's strength is his
 Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Friendship (44 BC). copy citation

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Author Marcus Tullius Cicero
Source On Friendship
Topic strength
Date 44 BC
Language English
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Note Translated by E. S. Shuckburgh
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2808/2808-h/2808-h.htm

Context

“And great and numerous as are the blessings of friendship, this certainly is the sovereign one, that it gives us bright hopes for the future and forbids weakness and despair. In the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self. So that where his friend is he is; if his friend be rich, he is not poor; though he be weak, his friend's strength is his; and in his friend's life he enjoys a second life after his own is finished. This last is perhaps the most difficult to conceive. But such is the effect of the respect, the loving remembrance, and the regret of friends which follow us to the grave.” source