"Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books."

Friendship, Books, Friends

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"Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books."

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"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

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"To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread."

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"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."

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

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"If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours."

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"Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance."

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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

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"In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it."

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Dean Koontz, American Author

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"To lose a worthless friend is worthy of a testimony."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"Well here we are, just the four of us that started out together,' said Merry. 'We have left all the rest behind, one after another. It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded.''Not to me,' said Frodo. 'To me it feels more like falling asleep again."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"A true friend is a reflection of yourself."

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"Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline.I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking."Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

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"I to myself am dearer than a friend."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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