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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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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. – Jane Austen

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Reading
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Jane Austen
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It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. – Jane Austen

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Love :: Relationships
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Jane Austen
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. – Petrarch

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Friendship

Instead of loving your enemies – treat your friends a little better. – E. W. Howe

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Friendship

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used. – Elbert Hubbard

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Friendship

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – Madeleine Albright

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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Mencken

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