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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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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. – Jane Austen

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They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. – Jane Austen

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He who hath many friends hath none. – Aristotle

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A bosom friend — an intimate friend, you know — a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Opposition is true friendship. – William Blake

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

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Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. – Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson

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Only a mediocre person is always at his best. – W. Somerset Maugham

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The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows. – Paul A. Samuelson, Newsweek, 12 June 1967

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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. – Thomas Jefferson

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