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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. – Eustace Budgell

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. – Henri Nouwen

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Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. – Mortimer Adler

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When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that youre suddenly eager to know him or her even better. – Zhang Ziyi

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