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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. ↗

— E. B. White

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ↗

— Aristotle

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Few there are that will endure a true friend. ↗

— H. G. Bohn

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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

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Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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True friends: only a few have 'em, but only a few will admit that they don't. ↗

— Brian Celio

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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. ↗

— George Washington

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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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True friends appear less moved than counterfeit. ↗

— Homer

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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