As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me
Interpretation
True friendship involves loyalty and support, especially during difficult times.
This quote from William Shakespeare emphasizes the importance of being a reliable friend. It suggests that true friends stick together in times of hardship and do not abandon each other when support is most needed, highlighting the value of loyalty and companionship in relationships.
In practice
In a speech celebrating a friend's resilience during tough times.
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me?
There is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.
Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I doubt whether anything better than this, wisdom alone excepted, has been given to man.
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend.
I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.
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