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" All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. "

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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" True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. "

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" But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. "

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" Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? "

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" No doubt, the most important thing in my career was my time with Mr. Bergman, with whom I worked in so many films and also in so many stage productions, so it was a continuous working relationship and also a friendship, of course, that lasted for so many years. "

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" Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected. "

" Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. "

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" Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. "

" 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. "

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" When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence. "

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" A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It's also one where you sometimes have to let things that bug you slide. The tough moments will make you wiser about yourself and each other. They will also make you stronger and closer as friends. "

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