"A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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A friend may be nature's most magnificent creation.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
"Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
"The only way to have a friend is to be one.
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I...