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" Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship. "

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" My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do. "

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" I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother. "

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" I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!' "

" Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen. "

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" Maintenance of good relations with the neighbours, friendship to all, malice to none is the policy I pursue throughout my life. "

" No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. "

" We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. "

" Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. "

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" When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. "

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