Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.

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

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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison

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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. — Simone De Beauvoir

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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

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Surround yourself with love, not friends.

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