“When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.”
— Plutarch
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Simplified Meaning:
When you have money or resources, people are often very eager to be around you. They might pretend to be your friends and say nice things to you because they want something from you. However, when your money runs out, those same people quickly disappear. They were only interested in what you could give them, not in you as a person. For example, imagine someone who wins the lottery and suddenly has lots of friends. When the money is all spent, those friends vanish because they were not true friends, just people looking for benefits. This teaches us to be careful and not to trust everyone who seems friendly when we have something valuable. True friends value you for who you are, not what you have.
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Abandonment Bonds Flattery Friendship Greed Human nature Loyalty Poverty Social behavior Wealth
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