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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough t

I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

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Italians know about human nature – they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it. – Donna Leon

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A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. – Henry David Thoreau

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Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don’t understand. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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