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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. read more
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at read more
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet
never really meet; and two others at first speech are old
friends.
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more
The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,
Only a life lived for others is worth living
Only a life lived for others is worth living
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is read more
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we
impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and
comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is
an everlasting pleasure to us.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for read more
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.