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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.]
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, read more
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.
Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.
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.
