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The rare few, who, early in life, have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

— James McNeill Whistler The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)

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You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.

Don C. Seitz in Whistler Stories (1913)

Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

It is for the artist.. ..in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features.

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)

Yes, madam, Nature is creeping up. [in response to a lady who said that a landscape reminded her of his work]

One cannot continually disappoint a Continent.

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (1890)

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss.

Gautama Buddha

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

Sanu Sharma

Flowers are lovely; love is flower-like;
Friendship is a sheltering tree;
Oh the joys that came down shower-like,
Of friendship, love, and liberty,
Ere I was old!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Anaïs Nin Diary entries (1914)

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