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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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen

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Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness? – Anna Freud

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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. – Jane Austen

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

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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. – William Wycherley

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