Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.
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Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that read more
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts read more
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him read more
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
In my friend, I find a second self.
In my friend, I find a second self.
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take read more
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have read more
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
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I have found that a read more
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
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I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
