"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."

Friendship, Enemies, Friends, Man, Needs

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"As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task."

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Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Though I can make a friend in an hour, it will take a lifetime to cultivate a friendship."

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"Best friends are those people who reveal to you what is wonderful inside of you, and you can all still laugh together."

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"Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs."

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"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."

Thucydides, Greek Historian

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"It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on."

Robert Creeley, American Poet

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"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"A friend is a favourable family."

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George Washington, American President

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"A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Friendship is a magnificent art of life that is drawn by two hearts and two minds."

"Though I can make a friend in an hour, it will take a lifetime to cultivate a friendship."

"Best friends are those people who reveal to you what is wonderful inside of you, and you can all still laugh together."

"Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs."

"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them."

"It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on."

"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."

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"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

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"It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend."

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