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Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can read more
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes.
True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands read more
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.
To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.
To lose a friend is hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too.
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. read more
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
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.]
Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.
Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
