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“Friendship is not something that you seek but something that finds you.”
“You can be a friend to someone who is to you not a friend.”
“Some confidants have wings and a beak, or four legs and a tail.”
“Among other things, friendship is a mutual fight against solitude and boredom.”
“We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.”
“Our friends are friends with us not for us but for themselves.”
“Other people’s pockets are our money’s dream home.”
“In many if not most cases we truly believe that what is merely a means is really an end.”