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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest read more
The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.
Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.
Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.
For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is read more
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does read more
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
In my friend, I find a second self.
In my friend, I find a second self.
