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One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things read more
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows read more
It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, read more
I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, but many times I hear your thoughts. Good friends must not always be together. It is the feeling of oneness, when distant that proves a lasting
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
Iron sharpen iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his
friend.
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making read more
Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to
engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more
easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I
can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and
within the circle of another.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
