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How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends
Friendship is but a name. I love no one
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry
To keep up and improve friendship, thou must be willing to receive a kindness, as well as do one
Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out of breath
Friendship is love without his wings
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce
Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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