None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Interpretation
True friendship transcends distance, making the world feel larger and more connected.
Henry David Thoreau's quote emphasizes the idea that friendships, even when separated by physical distances, enrich our lives and provide a sense of spaciousness to our existence. It suggests that friends who are far away help to define our experiences and perspectives, making the world feel less confined and more expansive.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of maintaining relationships, one could say, 'Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance.'
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
To clink glasses of a freshly made, seasonal beer, preferably in a pub or garden, with friends and perhaps new acquaintances, is a ritual that makes every participant feel good. We may not rationalize this at the time, but it gives us a sense of place in our common community and our time in the tides of life on earth. This is a way to value beer and treat it with respect.
Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humour, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends on honesty, trust, loyalty. It's about giving. It's for sharing the good times, but also the tough times, hurt, grief, sadness.
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris
In life you throw a ball. You hope it will reach a wall and bounce back so you can throw it again. You hope your friends will provide that wall.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
When you're hanging out with your friends, you reference books and movies, and you don't always know if your friends know what you're referencing. But you throw it out there, and if it connects, it makes people laugh.
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