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    If it be honor in your wars to seem
    The same you are not,--which, for your best ends,
    You adopt your policy--how is it less or worse,
    That it shall hold companionship in peace
    With honour, as in war: since that to both
    It stands in like request?

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It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]

It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe.
[Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]

by Simon Forman Found in: Companionship Quotes,
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An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

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Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.

Ah, savage company; but in the church
With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.

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It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after read more

It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune,
but it is a poor comfort after all.

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Two i's company, three i's trumpery.

Two i's company, three i's trumpery.

by Mrs. Parr Found in: Companionship Quotes,
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No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

No possession is gratifying without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

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[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to read more

[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company
with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink.
[Ante, inquit, cicumspiciendum est, cum quibos edas et bibas,
quam quid edas et bibas.]

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Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

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It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
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It takes two for a kiss
Only one for a sigh,
Twain by twain we marry
One by one we die.

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