“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
— Epicurus
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“Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.”
— Greg Bear
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“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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“Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.”
— Anne Lamott
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“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.”
— Samuel Johnson
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“Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.”
— Dag Hammarskjold
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“Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.”
— Marilyn Monroe
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
— Alice Walker
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“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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“Friendship is one mind in two bodies.”
— Mencius
Author: Mencius
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