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My friend is not another, but half of myself, and thus a second me—I must therefore regard my friend as myself.
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The speaker describes a close friend as part of his own identity, not as a separate or lesser person. Calling the friend “a second me” means their well-being deserves the same concern and respect as his own. The final phrase turns this feeling into a principle: he should treat his friend as he would treat himself.
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- Columbia University Press, On Friendship: One Hundred Maxims for a Chinese Prince
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