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Have no friends who are not of equal (moral) caliber. — Confucius

Philosophical literature

Have no friends who are not of equal (moral) caliber.

In the original Chinese

無友不如己者。

Confucius
Analects · 221 BC
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Topic
Equality in friendshipEqualityFriendship
Statement type
Advice
Genre
Philosophical literature
Time
221 BCAncient World
Person
Confucius
Provenance
Current citation
Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.
Original citation
Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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