Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
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Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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