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To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to read more
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to kill a fly on his friend's forehead.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores read more
Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity
by sharing its griefs and anxieties.
[Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas
partiens communicansque leviores.]
Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the read more
Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.
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.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
