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    Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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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.

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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let read more

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

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One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

by George Santayana Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Only a life lived for others is worth living

Only a life lived for others is worth living

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Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

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Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.

by George Eliot Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can read more

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
[Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
amicitia munus expletum sit.]

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