which is begun for an end
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.
FRIENDSHIP, FURTHER WAY TO DEFINE FRIENDS
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.