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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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There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. – William Hazlitt

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Public
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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt

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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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If I had to sum up Friendship in one word, it would be Comfort. – Terri Guillemets

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If a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. – Edgar Watson Howe

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Friends are like walls. Sometimes you lean on them, and sometimes it’s good just knowing they are there. – Author Unknown

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