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"The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you."
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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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"The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested."
Man
"In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere."
Life
"The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number."
Happiness
"The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection."
Leadership
"There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things."
Will
"Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?"
Observation
"What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending."
Expectation
"The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all."
Books
"Primitive societies without religion have never been found."
Religion
"You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up."
Time
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