#friendship

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#afford #blessings #friends #old #old friends

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#be true #friend #true #word #work

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ↗

— Randolph Bourne

#fragile #friendships #handling #much #other

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. ↗

— Eustace Budgell

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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#deepening #purpose #save #spirit

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship. ↗

— Francis Marion Crawford

#elements #everyone #friendship #make #make up

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#blood #character #clan #easy #family

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. ↗

— David Elkind

#adolescence #chance #childhood #choice #friendships

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#betray #friends #lovers #right #you