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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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
FRIENDSHIP, TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE SOUND HEALTH
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
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