Quote by George Washington
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and wi

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington

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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandmans cares. – George Washington

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The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. – George Washington

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Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. – George Washington

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The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view. – August Strindberg

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Friendship

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. – William Blake

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Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious – friendship and learning. – Jane Harrison

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