We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Ray BradburyRead
When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.
Interpretation
Unity among brothers creates an unbreakable bond.
This quote by Antisthenes emphasizes the power of unity and agreement among siblings. When brothers or close friends come together in harmony, their collective strength surpasses any external obstacles or challenges, symbolizing how unity can create a formidable force in any endeavor.
In practice
In a speech about teamwork during a family reunion.
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
And when you come back to Japan next summer, let's have that date or whatever you want to call it. We can go to the zoo or the botanical garden or the aquarium, and then we'll have the most politically correct and scrumptious omelets we can find.
It takes two flints to make a fire.
Friends come and go but I wouldn't have thought you'd be one of them
I think they ought to know. You do them a disservice by not confiding something this important to them.β βI didnβt want ββ ββ to worry or frighten them?β said Dumbledore, surveying Harry over the top of his half-moon spectacles. βOr perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away.
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
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