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Vitae Philosophorum [Lives of the Eminent Philosophers]

Vitae Philosophorum [Lives of the Eminent Philosophers] (c. 3rd century CE), Book V.21 Inferred

InferredThe saying 'O friends, there are no friends' is attributed by tradition to Aristotle, recorded in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book V.21. It was also transmitted by Montaigne (Essays, I.27). Fuller's framing 'An ancient sage' aligns with the Aristotle/Diogenes Laertius attribution.

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Papers on Literature and Art

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“An ancient sage had all things deeply tried, / And, as result, thus to his friends he cried, / "O friends, there are no friends.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

Inferred The saying 'O friends, there are no friends' is attributed by tradition to Aristotle, recorded in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book V.21. It was also transmitted by Montaigne (Essays, I.27). Fuller's framing 'An ancient sage' aligns with the Aristotle/Diogenes Laertius attribution.

The saying 'O friends, there are no friends' is attributed by tradition to Aristotle, recorded in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book V.21. Fuller's framing 'An ancient sage' aligns with the Aristotle/Diogenes Laertius attribution.