Quotation by

Oliver Goldsmith

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

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Oliver Goldsmith is saying that true friendship is a fair and equal exchange where neither person seeks to gain power over the other. In contrast, love often involves one person dominating while the other submits, creating an unequal and dependent relationship.

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