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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106BC-43BC) "A friend is, as it were, a second self." - Marcus Tullius Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero Letters to Atticus : Book 1 Letter 17 Latin Text:

[2] sed tamen hoc me ipse consolabar quod non dubitabam quin te ille aut Dyrrachi aut in istis locis uspiam visurus esset; quod cum accidisset, confidebam ac mihi persuaseram fore ut omnia placarentur inter vos non modo sermone acdisputatione sed conspectu ipso congressuque vestro. Nam quanta sit in Quinto fratre meo comitas, quanta iucunditas, quam mollis animus et ad accipiendam et ad deponendam offensionem, nihil attinet me ad te qui ea nosti scribere, sed accidit perincommode quod eum nusquam vidisti.

English Translation:

But nevertheless I comforted myself with thinking that there would be no doubt of his seeing you at Dyrrachium, or somewhere in your part of the country/region and if that happened I felt sure and persuaded fully that everything would be made well between you not only by conversation and mutual explanation but by the very sight of each other in your conversation. For however much friendship there may be in my brother Quintus, however much good will nothing will delay me in writing to you who know these things. But it happened very inconveniently that you never saw him.

Marcus Tullius Cicero and Comitas Marcus Tullius Cicero lived from 106BC-43BC. Cicero was an amazing poet, philosopher, and humorist. Cicero was also a great orator in Rome. A humorist is "a person who is skillful in the use of humor in writing, talking, and acting"(Dictionary.com). Cicero in his Letters To Atticus (book 1, letter 17) uses comitas which is the personal virtue that i chose. Comitas means humor, ease of manner, courtesy, or in this letter it is referring to friendliness.

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