| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9521 |
| AUTHOR: | François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (16131680) |
| QUOTATION: | Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests, and an exchange of good offices; it is a species of commerce out of which self-love always expects to gain something. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Maxim 83. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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