#companion

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality. ↗

— Francesca Annis

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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

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Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer. ↗

— Theophrastus

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Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, "What? You too? I thought I was the only one." ... It is when two such persons discover one another, when, whether with immense difficulties and semi-articulate fumblings or with what would seem to us amazing and elliptical speed, they share their vision - it is then that Friendship is born. And instantly they stand together in an immense solitude. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves. ↗

— Eda LeShan

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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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