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“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“Keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

“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 friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”

“Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.”

“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”

“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.”

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”

“Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.”

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

“You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.”

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.”

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

“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.”

“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”

“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.”

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”

“A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.”

“Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”

“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”

“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.”

“Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.”

“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.”

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

“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.”

“You Too? I thought I was the only one.”

“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”

“The best time to make friends is before you need them.”

“Oooh I get by with a little help from my friends.”

“We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”

“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”

“I get by with a little help from my friends.”

“The best mirror is an old friend.”

“Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together.”