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Quote by Robert Hall
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can eq

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall

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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. – Herman Melville

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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. – Theophile Gautier

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it. – E. W. Howe

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