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    The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.

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One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

by George Santayana Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.

by William Blake Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,
All benefits are there in common set.

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"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't read more

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

by Muhammad Ali Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

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Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.

by George Eliot Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love

One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked

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