However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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.
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.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others; and grab all the fun you can. Don't give much thought to yesterday, don't worry about tomorrow, live in the moment, and trust that your existence has meaning even when the world seems to be all blind chance and chaos. When life lands a hammer blow in your face, do your best to respond to the hammer as if it had been a cream pie.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.
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.
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