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Quotation from Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie
“Friendship is a sacred Word, a holy Thing; it never subsists but between good Men, nor commences but by mutual Esteem”
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, on the tyrant's favourites, trans. Anonymous (1735)
La Boétie explains why a tyrant and his favourites can never be true friends.
Citation: "Friendship is a sacred Word, a holy Thing; it never subsists but between good Men, nor commences but by mutual Esteem" — Étienne de La Boétie, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, on the tyrant's favourites, trans. Anonymous (1735). (id discourse-on-voluntary-servitude-q7)
