I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
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I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
So we grew together like to a double cherry, seeming parted, but yet an union in partition, two lovely berries molded on one stem.
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
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