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Friends Quotes - Page 4

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington (1852). “The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States”, p.94

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.50, Beacon Press

The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.303

Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

Kathleen Thompson Norris (1931). “Hands Full of Living: Talks with American Women”

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.331, Princeton University Press

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Zachary Taylor, Smith PYNE (1850). “Obituary Addresses delivered on the occasion of the death of Z. Taylor ... in the Senate and House of Representatives ... with the funeral Semon by the Rev. S. Pyne, etc”, p.8

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”