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and those before whom we do blush
for faults that are really bad. And those whose rivals we are,1 or by whom we wish to be emulated, but not
envied,—these we either like or wish to be friends with them.
1 Those with whom we are ambitious of entering into competition “in the race for distinction” （Cope）. There is no unfriendliness, whereas envy produces it.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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