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Have no friends who are not your equals
Drawn from what Confucius said
On the topicDo you become the people you spend time with?under our view: So choose friends who are better than you, or at least your equals
What Confucius actually said
- Confucius Chinese teacher and thinker (traditionally dated 551 to 479 BCE)
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Where this was said
↗The Analects, as recorded by his disciples (tr. James Legge, 1861)gutenberg.org
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