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Epictetus: When our friends are present, we ought to treat them well; and when they are…

When our friends are present, we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

In today’s wordsWhen our friends are with us, we should treat them well; when they're away, we should speak well of them.

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From the book Fragments. CLV. (Long, Trans.), as quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (compiled by Anna L. Ward, 1889)

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