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“Love is the life of friendship.”

Quote by James Howell

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James Howell, a British writer born in 1594 and died in 1666, is known for his works across various literary genres, including prose, poetry, and drama. Renowned for his unique style and profound insights, Howell has had a significant impact on literature, influencing generations of writers to come. more

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“The finest friendships are between those who can do without each other.”

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“I loved my friend for his gentleness, his candor, his good repute, his freedom even from my own livelier manner, his calm and reasonable kindness. It was not any particular talent that attracted me to him, or i anything striking whatsoever. I should say in one word, it was his goodness.”

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Source: The Autobiography ... with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries

“When friends grow cold, and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace, these only continue the unaltered countenance of happier days, and cheer us with that true friendship which never deceived hope, nor deserted sorrow.”

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“Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.”

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“No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money.”

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Source: The Optimistic Life

“In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.”

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Author:Cornelius Nepos

“Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.”

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Author:Ovid

“There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.”

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Author:William Penn

“Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.”

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“Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.”

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Author:Seneca the Younger