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Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.526
Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.