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A friend is, as it were, a second self.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Good friends are good for your health.
Good friends are good for your health.
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a read more
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me read more
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it read more
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 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 now knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.
A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. read more
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things: and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have read more
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
