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Tell me thy
company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
-- Miguel De Cervantes
1547-1616, Spanish Novelist,
Dramatist, Poet
For my own
part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with
an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at
least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one,
silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not
think me worth his attention.
-- Lord Chesterfield
1694-1773, British Statesman,
Author
We do not mind
our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having
any company on the way.
-- Frank Moore Colby
1865-1925, American Editor,
Essayist
Fan the
sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and
pass the rosy wine.
-- Charles Dickens
1812-1870, British Novelist
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A rich rogue
nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my
dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
-- John Gay
1688-1732, British
Playwright, Poet
It contributes
greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be
brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike
himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere
and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804-1864, American Novelist,
Short Story Writer
A grave
blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they
show one another off to the best advantage.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
If it were not
for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly
at a loss.
-- Francois De La
Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical
Writer
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