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Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have. ↗

— A.A. Milne

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I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh. "I wish I were there to be doing it, too. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#piglet #pooh #friendship

It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books ↗

— Stephen Fry

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A new friend is always a miracle, but at thirty-three years old, such a bird of paradise rising in the sage-brush was an avatar. One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly ↗

— Henry Adams

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[A] friend in power is a friend lost. ↗

— Henry Adams

#friendship #power #education

Despite all that education and experience can do, I retain a certain level of unsophistication that I cannot eradicate and that my friends find amusing. In fact, I think I sometimes detect conspiratorial plottings among my friends to protect me against my own lack of sophistication. I don't mind. I suspect that I am never quite as unsophisticated as they think I am, but I don't mind. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#humor #sophistication #education

My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company." "You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners (...) ↗

— Jane Austen

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Friendship is thinking of the other person first. ↗

— George Alexiou

#happiness #inspirational #integrity #joy #love