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A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
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.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
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.]
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.
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.
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same read more
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.