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Quote by Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what h

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

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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Ridicule
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Jane Austen
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One sure way to lose another womans friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements. – Marcelene Cox

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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. – Elbert Hubbard

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A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life. – Ernst Mayr

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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith. – Abraham Kuyper

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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. – Albert Camus

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We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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