Plut. Mor., Folly of Many Friends 4 — Of Large Acquaintance: or, an Essay to Prove the Folly of Seeking Many Friends

Plut. Mor., Folly of Many Friends 4 — Of Large Acquaintance: or, an Essay to Prove the Folly of Seeking Many Friends, Plutarch; served verbatim

Therefore it highly concerns us not to be too rash in fastening on the next that may accidentally offer, nor presently to affect every one that pretends to be fond of our friendship. Let the search rather begin on our own part, and our choice fix on those who approve themselves really worthy of our respect. What is cheap and with ease obtained is below our notice; and we trample under foot bushes and brambles that readily catch hold of us, while we diligently clear our way to the vine and olive; so it is always best not to admit to our familiarity persons who officiously stick and twist themselves about us, but we ought rather of our own accord to court the friendship of those who are worthy of our regard, and who prove advantageous to ourselves.

The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.

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Of Large Acquaintance: or, an Essay to Prove the Folly of Seeking Many Friends, Plutarch — translated by William W. Goodwin, 1874
Apparatus shelf + pinned Perseus TEI — Plutarch's Morals (the Moralia), ed. William W. Goodwin, five volumes · 'Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin, Ph. D.', with an introduction by R. W. Emerson; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1874 (five volumes; a minority of the TEI transcriptions were keyed from the same publisher's 1878 reprint)
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