amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas –> Plato is my friend, but the truth is my best friend | Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend
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Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas is a Latin phrase, translating to "Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend (literally: Plato is friend, but truth is more friend (to me than he is))." The maxim is often attributed to Aristotle, as a paraphrase of the Nicomachean Ethics 1096a11–15.
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