On friendship
On Friendship. Diana Albrant
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Friendship is above reason, for, though you find virtues in a friend, he was your friend before
you found them. It is a gift that we offer because we must; to give it as the reward of virtue
would be to set a price upon it, and those who do that have no friendship to give. If you
choose your friends on the ground that you are virtuous and want virtuous company, you are