Friendship
Real Simple Author
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Portrait of two women Eve Goldstein and Amy Hertz
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Friends toasting in a neighborhood restaurant
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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
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If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
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There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.
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Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
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True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
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Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Two women hugging
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Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
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A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
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I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
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You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.
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The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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No road is long with good company.
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