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Quote by Joseph Addison
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of o

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ones self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. – Joseph Addison

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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. – Joseph Addison

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A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. – Author Unknown

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Friendship always benefits love sometimes injures. – Seneca

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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. – John Tyler

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A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. – Donna Roberts

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