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For my boyhood's friend hath fallen, the pillar of my trust, The true, the wise, the beautiful, is sleeping in the dust. - George Stillman Hillard, On Death of Motley We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know. - Hugo von Hofmannsthal Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir'd. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios"), The Iliad (bk. XVI, l. 267), (Pope's translation) Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts. - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.] - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Epistles (I, 18, 86) True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit. - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Of the Art of Poetry (l. 486), (Wentworth Dillon's translation) Summer friends vanish when the cask is drained to the dregs. - Marcus Horatius Barbatus Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. - David Hume My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. - Lee A. Iacocca Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, It falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. - Washington Irving The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One thing we sought. - Helen Hunt Jackson (Helen Hunt), My New Friend An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. - Thomas Jefferson Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. - Sarah Orne Jewett Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice. Nor would I have Virtue a popular regard pursue: Let them be good that love me, though but few. - Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels (act III, sc. 2) 'Tis sweet, as year by year we lose Friends out of sight, in faith to muse How grows in Paradise our store. - John Keble, Burial of the Dead (st. 11) It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our friends, without inquiring into their good or evil fortune. - Jean de la Bruyere Men make the best friends. - Jean de la Bruyere Two persons will not be friends long if they cannot forgive each other little failings. - Jean de la Bruyere One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others. - Jean de la Bruyere, The Characters or Manners of the Present Age (ch. V) Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de la Fontaine It is good to have friends at court. - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia) Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia), The Old Familiar Faces Displaying page 7 of 13 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10 11 12 13
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