Friday, October 08, 2004

on friendship

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

But in deede, A friend is never knowne till a man have neede. - John Heywood

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy... - Aeschylus

He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, 'One soul abiding in two bodies.' - Diogenes Lartius

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh. - the Koran

Laughter is the closest distance between two people. - Victor Borge

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing. - Diogenes Lartius

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. - Japanese proverb

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. - Aristotle

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