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Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other

Drawn from what Aristotle said

Subjectfriendship
What this subject means

friendship The company you keep: whether the people around you make you better or worse, and how to choose them.

On the topicDo you become the people you spend time with?under our view: Good company works both ways, and each side improves the other

What Aristotle actually said

  1. Aristotle Greek philosopher (384 to 322 BCE)
    while the friendship of good men is good, being augmented by their companionship; and they are thought to become better too by their activities and by improving each other; for from each other they take the mould of the characteristics they approve

    ↗Nicomachean Ethics, Book Nine (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)en.wikisource.org

    c. 367–322 BCE

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