A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
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.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
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.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
True friends are two people who are comfortable sharing silence together.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
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