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Confucius:Never contract friendship with a man


Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
by Confucius


Christian Morgenstern:Laughter is not a bad


Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
by Christian Morgenstern


Sting:Given the choice of friendship or success,


Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
by Sting


Jane Austen:Business, you know, may bring money,


Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
by Jane Austen


Friedrich Nietzsche:The best friend is likely to


The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.
by Friedrich Nietzsche


Samuel T. Coleridge:Sympathy constitutes


Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.
by Samuel T. Coleridge


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Youth fades; love


Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:Yes, we must ever be


Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Saskya Pandita:It may happen sometimes that a


It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
by Saskya Pandita


Mark Twain:The holy passion of Friendship is of


The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
by Mark Twain


Cicero:The rule of friendship means there should


The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
by Cicero


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