Confucius — "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Then no friends will be unl…"
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Then no friends will be unlike yourself.
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From the Analects (1.8), on the importance of sincerity in friendship
Date: c. 551-479 BCE
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