We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.
Interpretation
True friendship is vital for a secure future, reminding us of its importance can help ensure our own well-being.
Henry A. Kissinger emphasizes the significance of friendship in shaping our future. While we may not have control over our friends' destinies, acknowledging and valuing these relationships can provide us with a stronger foundation and support system, ultimately contributing to our own future successes and security.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a gathering to remind friends of their importance in our lives.
Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that werenβt realized. So, as a historian, one has to live with a sense of the inevitability of tragedy.
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.
I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.
You shone like a star. The funniest, wisest writer & the finest friend
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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated and I've never been really close to anyone.
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