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It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is read more
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
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.
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
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Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe;
Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly read more
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in
the winde;
But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale
and woe;
The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the
same overthrowe.
- edited by John Payne Collier,
Let my hand,
This hand, lie in your own--my own true friend;
Aprile! Hand-in-hand with you, Aprile!
Let my hand,
This hand, lie in your own--my own true friend;
Aprile! Hand-in-hand with you, Aprile!
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend
sincere enough to tell him disagreeable read more
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend
sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.