Quote by Samuel Richardson
Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation. – Samuel Richardson

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Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. – Samuel Richardson

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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. – Samuel Richardson

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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. – Anton Chekhov

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Love is a friendship set to music. – Joseph Campbell

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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. – Rabindranath Tagore

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If its very painful for you to criticize your friends – youre safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, thats the time to hold your tongue. – Alice Duer Miller

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