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Whatever we do or suffer for a friend is pleasant, because love is the principal cause… — St. Thomas Aquinas

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Whatever we do or suffer for a friend is pleasant, because love is the principal cause of pleasure.

In the original Latin

Omnia enim quae facimus vel patimur propter amicum, delectabilia sunt, quia amor praecipua causa delectationis est.

St. Thomas Aquinas
1265
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FriendsFriendship
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Religious literature
Time
1265Middle Ages
Person
St. Thomas Aquinas
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Current citation
Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1-2.
Original citation
Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1-2.

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