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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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – 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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Hold a true friend with both your hands. – Nigerian Proverb

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Say what you want about aging, it’s still the only way to have old friends. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils. – Amy Lowell

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Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? – Mitch McConnell

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