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He makes no friends who never made a foe.
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving read more
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised read more
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe
it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
[Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
[Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his read more
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
