I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.
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