Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Gore Vidal

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Envy Friends Friendship

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Gore Vidal

Source

Sunday Times Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United States

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Citation

Vidal, Gore. Quoted in "Behind the Face of the Gifted Bitch" by Susan Barnes. The Sunday Times Magazine, 16 Sept. 1973.

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Language
Greek
Time
3rd century BC
Era
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

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Aristotle. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.