The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
So we grew together like to a double cherry, seeming parted, but yet an union in partition, two lovely berries molded on one stem.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest.
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