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It is not what
you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him
that determines the quality of friendship.
-- Mary Dixon Thayer
Verily, great
grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things
that come from a friend.
-- Theocritus
To say that a
man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that
he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be
the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as
that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance,
or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill
and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for
Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as
some say, but in melody.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
A friend is
one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from
us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The
friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously
accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They
cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's
dreams.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
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We have not so
good a right to hate any as our Friend.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
True
friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on
darkness and ignorance.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
The language
of friendship is not words but meanings.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
A man cannot
be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one
friend.
-- Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist,
Poet, Naturalist
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