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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 is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. read more
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
. . . .
I have found that a read more
In friendship I early was taught to believe;
. . . .
I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.
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.]
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness read more
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us read more
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our ow.
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry.
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry.
