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A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much
The hardest part about being friends, is loving you so much
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your read more
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.
When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume
When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us read more
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.
