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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. Its also about mutual help, not about exploitation. – Paul Theroux

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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but its the only thing theyve been allowed to do. – Paul Theroux

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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnsons on the main drag into maturity. – Paul Theroux

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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship. – Sallust

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We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. – Abraham Lincoln

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Friendship is one mind in two bodies. – Mencius

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