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"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention."
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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."
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"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."
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"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."
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"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."
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"Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, yet with hopes that she,Re-born from holy poverty,In lenten lands, hereafter mayResume them on her Easter Day."(Epitaph for Joy Davidman)"
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"The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define."
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"Caroline was always moody and miserable, but I liked it. I liked feeling as if she had chosen me as the only person in the world not to hate, and so we spent all this time together just ragging on everyone, you know?"
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"And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling, the question should never be: 'Do I like that kind of service?' but 'Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?"
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"True friends appear less moved than counterfeit."
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"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."
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"When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before."
Reading
"He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession."
Art
"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention."
Friendship
"My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."
Age
"The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech."
Art
"To feel at home, stay at home."
Home
"To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history."
History
"A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover."
Social
"For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed."
Life
"When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."
Travel
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