Hand
Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,
And great hearts expand
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Hand
Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,
And great hearts expand
And grow one in the sense of this world's life.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing read more

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is read more

We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation read more

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.

Friendship needs no words—it is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness.

People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your read more

People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.