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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes t...more

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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

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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...more

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Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly we encounter a friend, we pause; ...more

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I know too well how slowly we edge along sideways to every thing good & brilliant in our lives & how casually and unobservedly we make all our most va...more

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We take care of our health we lay up money we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting ...more

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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work but the ...more

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Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into un...more

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Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

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How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances.

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Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

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Leave this touching and clawing. Let him be to me a spirit. A message, a thought, a sincerity, a glance from him, I want, but not news nor pottage. I ...more

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The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy.

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Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

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Go oft to the house of thy friend for weeds choke the unused path.