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

— Robert Blair

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The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

The Grave (1743)

When it draws near to witching time of night.

The Grave (1743)

The Grave, dread thing!
Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appall'd,
Shakes off her wonted firmness.

The Grave (1743)

Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!

The Grave (1743)

The common damn'd shun their society.

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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.

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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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