sympathetic
friend can be quite as dear as a brother.”
“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.”
The language
of friendship is not words but meanings.
“Life is
partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we
choose.”
“Every man
passes his life in the search after friendship.”
“Wishing to
be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”
“Your friend
is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”
“No man is
useless while he has a friend.”
“Love is
rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”
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