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FANNIUS. That cannot be otherwise, Laelius.
But since you have mentioned friendship and we
are free from public business, it would be very
agreeable to me—and to Scaevola, too, I hope—
if, following your usual practice on other subjects
when questions concerning them are put to you,
you would discuss friendship and give us your
opinion as to its theory and practice.
SCAEVOLA. Indeed it will be agreeable to me, and,
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in fact, I was about to make the same request when
Fannius forestalled me. Hence your compliance
will be very agreeable to us both.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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