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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.
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.
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they read more
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were swifter than
eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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.
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can read more
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
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.
In my friend, I find a second self.
In my friend, I find a second self.