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“I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life. The four of us will continue our close friendship, and I look forward to hearing their future efforts as the world's biggest R.E.M. fan.”

World Years Looks Different Moving Friendship Effort Four Fans Ready Hearing Phases Close Friends Close Friendship

Author:Bill Berry

“I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.”

Ifs World Said Friendship Four Gossip Friendship Memories Four Friends

Author:Blaise Pascal

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.”

Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual

“One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.”

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”

Source: Suzanne's diary for Nicholas: a novel

“On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.”

Writing I Can Would Be Friendship Known Pieces Four Fame Letters Mark Germany Midst Concerts Composition Variation Mama December Venice Carnivals Paganini

Author:Niccolo Paganini

“Four things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.”

Knows Friendship Four Sorrow Wiser Foe Idleness Unattainable Freckles

Author:Dorothy Parker

“Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies.”

Heart Funny Lying Friendship Four Dog Praying Stealing

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

“Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.”

Ifs Government Might Three Friendship Pay Four Pride Friends Wise Words Taxes Heavy Neighbor Complaining Folly Three Times Idleness Poor Richard Discharge Tax Day

Author:Benjamin Franklin