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Old Friends Quotes

Old friends are best.

'Table Talk' (1689) 'Friends'

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Francis Bacon, William Rawley (1859). “The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works”, p.139

Beta decay was... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.

"History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics". Book edited by H. B. Newman and T. Ypsilantis,

There's no friends like the old friends.

James Joyce (1967). “Dubliners”, p.14, Lulu.com

I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend.

Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.302, Canongate Books

Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare... Perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “ANNE SHIRLEY Complete Series - ALL 14 Books in One Volume: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more: Including the Memoirs & Letters of Lucy Maud Montgomery”, p.456, e-artnow

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

"Ian McKellen: 'I couldn't be a dad, I'm too selfish'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. April 11, 2010.