Quote by Herman Melville
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be

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

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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. – Herman Melville

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A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty. – Herman Melville

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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. – Sallust

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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. – Thomas Aquinas

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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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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen

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