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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
... I remember you and recall you without effort, without exercise of will; that is, by natural impulse, indicated by read more
... I remember you and recall you without effort, without exercise of will; that is, by natural impulse, indicated by a sense of duty, or of obligation. And that, I take it, is the only sort of remembering worth the having. When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without knowing why save that we love to do it, we content ourselves that friendship is a Reality, and not a Fancy -- that it is built upon a rock, and not upon the sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and carry their monuments with them.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up read more
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
A friend is one before whom you may think aloud.
A friend is one before whom you may think aloud.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me read more
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the read more
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, read more
Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead.
