None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Interpretation
True friends support and value each other's aspirations.
Henry David Thoreau emphasizes the essence of friendship as a mutual appreciation for each otherβs hopes and dreams. Friends, in their genuine bond, uplift each other and foster an environment where both can thrive in their aspirations, showcasing kindness and understanding towards one another's ambitions.
In practice
In a speech about friendship at a wedding.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.
That grand old poem called Winter
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.
If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min?
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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