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Opposition is true friendship.

William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.83, Oxford University Press, USA

The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.

Walter Scott (2015). “Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles: Complete Autobiographical Writings, Journal & Notes, Accompanied with Extended Biographies and Reminiscences of the Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering”, p.78, e-artnow

Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil.

Voltaire (1820). “Pièces inédites de Voltaire, imprimées d'après les manuscrits originaux, pour faire suite aux différentes éditions publiées jusqu'a ce jour”, p.256

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.954, e-artnow

In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.

"WSJ. Magazine April 2015: The Columnists" by Brian Grazer, www.wsj.com. March 27, 2015.

Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.

Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.176, Univ. Press of Mississippi

I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.

c.1589 The Spanish Tragedy, act 3, sc.2.

Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.

Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State”, p.238