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Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our g...more

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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement much disputation and yet more personal liking.

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Animals are such agreeable friends- they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.

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If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me come and sit down and rejoice wit...more

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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger...more

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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarrelled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

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On the contrary, having the amiable vanity which knits us to those who are fond of us, and disinclines us to those who are indifferent, and also a goo...more