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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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”

“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”

“Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.”

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.”

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.”

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have nonsense respected.”

“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.”

“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”

“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”

“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.”

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”

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

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

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

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”

“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.”

“Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.”

“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.”

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.”

“Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.”

“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”

“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.”

“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”

“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”

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