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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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Friendship is a wildly underrated medication. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. – Francis Bacon

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In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer

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I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. – Plutarch

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