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“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.” – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.” – William James

“A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.” – George Ade

“There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.” – Francis Bacon

“Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.” – Honore de Balzac

“He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep;
If you wake, he cannot sleep;
Thus of every grief in heart
He with thee doth bear a part.” – Richard Barnfield

“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don’t need an analyst.” – Joan Crawford

“To find a friend one must close one eye — to keep him, two.” – Norman Douglas

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.” – Doug Larson

“In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing.” – François de la Rochefoucauld

“If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn’t jump with them, I would be at the bottom to catch them.” – Anon

Music: ‘Far Away’ © Yuko Ohigashi

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