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FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP
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FRIENDSHIP

(See also Friends)

1

Great souls by instinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

AddisonThe Campaign. L. 102.


2

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.

AddisonCato. Act III. Sc. 1.


3

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.

BancroftHistory of the United States. Wm. Perm's Treaty with the Indians.


4

Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

BlairThe Grave. L. 87.


5

Hand
Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,
And great hearts expand
And grow one in the sense of this world's life.

Robert BrowningSaul. St. 7.


6

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne?
Burns—Avid Lang Syne. Burns refers to
these words as an old folk song. Early version in James Watson's Collection of Scottish Songs. (1711)
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And never thought upon.
From an old poem by Robert Atton of Kincaldie.


Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Though they return with scars.
Allan Ramsay's Version. See his Tea-Tabh
Miscellany. (1724) Transferred after to
Johnson's Musical Museum. See S. J. A.
Fitzgerald's Stories of Famous Songs.


Friendship is Love without his wings!
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I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive. •
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Becher. St. 7.


Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
Where amity is ty*d with band of truth,
All benefits are there in common set.
Lady Carew—Marian.


Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et
adveraas partiens communicansque leviores.
Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while
it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and
anxieties.
Cicero—De Amicitia. VI.
Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitia munus expletum sit.
It is a common saying that many pecks of
salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
Cicero—De Amicitia. XLX.
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Friendship is a sheltering tree.
Colemdge—Youth arid Age.


Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come
snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.
Simon Dach—Annie of Tharaw. Longfellow's trans. L. 7.


What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather?

DickensOld Curiosity Shop. Ch. II.


Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

DickensOld Curiosity Shop. Ch. VII.


For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
Dryden—The Hind and the Panther. Pt. III.
L. 47.


Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—
roots that can be pulled up.
George Eliot—Daniel Deronda. Bk. IV.
Ch.XXXII.


So, if I live or die to serve my friend,
'Tis for my love—'tis for my friend alone,
And not for any rate that friendship bears
In heaven or on earth.

George EliotSpanish Gypsy.


Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor,
busy men can usually command.
Emerson—Essays. Behavior.


22

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is,—Let there be truth between us two forevermore. * * * It is sublime to feel and say of another, I need never meet, or speak, or write to him; we need not reinforce ourselves or send tokens of remembrance; I rely on him as on myself; if he did thus or thus, I know it was right.

EmersonEssays. Behavior.


23

I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.

EmersonEssays. Of Friendship.


The condition which high friendship demands
is ability to do without it.

EmersonEssays. Of Friendship.


There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.

EmersonEssays. Of Friendship.