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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes.
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Only a life lived for others is worth living
Only a life lived for others is worth living
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.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.
Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.
Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich read more
Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.
The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.
