friendship, a human strategy, aphorism 484

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A large part of our problem with friendship is our belief that we must keep our friends at any cost — and one such expense is the awareness that the “friendship” may not be harmonious. Of course, a “friendship” out of harmony cannot be genuine. This provokes two questions: Can a relationship which stands between ourselves and our progress be genuine? What is it that we really want when we preserve a friendship which is not genuine?

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