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Single Idea 18295

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship ]

Full Idea

If you want a friend, you must be willing to wage war for him: and to wage war, you must be capable of being an enemy.

Gist of Idea

If you want friends, you must be a fighter

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.15)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.82