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“Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.”

Fall Friendship Friends Affection

Book:Euphues

Source: Euphues

“Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.”

Leader Friends Affection Bosoms Complement

Book:Tablets

Source: Tablets

“So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us; but, after testing them, to attach ourselves to those who are worthy of our affection and likely to be serviceable to us.”

Persons Friends Affection Worthy Experts Testing

Book:Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays

Source: Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays

“Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. The very reverse may be said of love. In a great degree, love and friendship cannot subsist in the same bosom; even when inspired by different objects they weaken or destroy each other, and for the same object can only be felt in succession. The vain fears and fond jealousies, the winds which fan the flame of love, when judiciously or artfully tempered, are both incompatible with the tender confidence and sincere respect of friendship.”

Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.”

Doors Friends Reflection Affection Telling The Truth Corrections Slam

Author:Amy Dickinson

“When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.”

People Desire Friendship Kindness Friends Gratitude Deserve Affection Vanity

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.”

Thinking Reason Causes Friendship Natural Friends Connections Prejudice Affection No Reason

Book:Men and manners: sketches and essays

Source: Men and manners: sketches and essays

“The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the 'love account.'”

Way Feels Children Littles Bigs Family Friends Accounts Affection Best Way Secure Spouse Deposits Bank Accounts Thoughtfulness

Author:Zig Ziglar

“Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.”

Years Earth Heaven Friendship Friends Affection Christmas New Year Cheerful Accumulation Merry Recollection Unbroken Happy New Year Merry Christmas

Author:Charles Dickens

“We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.”

“The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.”

Writing Literature Friendship Novel Friends Tests Finals Affection

Book:Aspects Of the Novel

Source: Aspects Of the Novel