"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Best Friends
"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say." ~
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Friendship
"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies." ~ Aristotle
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Three of my friends are suffering difficult times at the moment.
nuff said
A true friend is somebody who wants to listen when you contact them out of the blue talking giberish about something they can't really be that interested in and which isn't even very important in the grand scheme of things.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being there - you are much loved...
“Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families."
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“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though they know that you are slightly cracked."
Lovely quotes, thanks for posting :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, from what I have seen of you on this blog, you are a very good friend.
ReplyDeleteI can't add anything to that. Sorry that your three friends are having difficulties.
ReplyDeleteHe who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
ReplyDeleteAnd he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali ibn-Abi-Talib (602 AD - 661 AD), A Hundred Sayings
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Eudemian Ethics
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
Well then, are they lucky to have you, John, as a friend!
ReplyDeleteJim
Oh, I like these quotes, and the ones in the comments too.
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