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"She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again."
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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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"We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits."
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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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"The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for."
Woman
"She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again."
Friendship
"The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows."
Man
"The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence."
Art
"Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts."
Fact
"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."
Merit
"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."
Reputation
"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."
Pleasure
"Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts."
Thought
"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."
Army
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