I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.
The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.
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.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
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