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Friendship Quotes - Page 59

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.87

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1755)

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.414

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “Comedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes”, p.440