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Sententiae

Publilius Syrus

A friendship that can end never really began.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This aphorism argues that real friendship is defined by lasting. If a bond can be broken, the speaker suggests, it was never true friendship at all, only something that resembled it. Endurance becomes the test separating genuine attachment from a passing acquaintance.

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