Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies an

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson

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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. – Francis Quarles

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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship. – Lord Byron

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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. – Henry David Thoreau

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Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding. – Juan Antonio Samaranch

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The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses. – Walter Benjamin

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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In charity there is no excess. – Francis Bacon

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To go too far is as bad as to fall short. – Confucius

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