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“Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.”

Has Beens Social Friendship Known Conversation Circles Fixed Routine Avenues Every Avenue

Author:A.J. Cronin

“Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.”

Want Friendship Known Break Promise Intimacy Breakup Engagement Breach Punctuality Dine Punctual

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.”

Men Years Two Friendship Known Sea Twenties Remembered Sailor Great Friend Breeders

Book:Mrs. Falchion

Source: Mrs. Falchion

“Each had his own business to think of. Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title.”

Heart Book Past Women Friendship Known Friends Titles Memorable Your Past

Author:Virginia Woolf

“He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”

Want Friendship Known Harry Potter Weasley Ron Weasley

Author:J. K. Rowling

“We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker.”

Thinking Men Has Beens Friendship Known Geek

Author:Sophia Bush

“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.”

“The object in America is to avoid contact, to treat all as foes unless they're known to be friends. Here you have a million crabs living in a million crevices. ... But the garden's greatest benefit, I feel, as not relief to the eyes, but to make the eyes sees our neighbors.”

Life Feels Eye America Friendship Known Millions Objects Benefits Garden Treats Neighbor Contact Relief Foe Crabs Crevice

Author:Paul Fleischman

“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

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”

Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.”

Men May Remember Friendship Pay Known Lord Promise Raises Occasions Spares Another Man Purses

Author:Benjamin Franklin