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Quote by William Hazlitt
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone — but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. – William Hazlitt

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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. – William Hazlitt

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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

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If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! – Marie de France

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A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. – Author Unknown

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Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty – attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards. – Bradley Chicho

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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didnt win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, Im proud to be in this company that way. – Eddie Murray

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