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Old friends are the best advisers, but seldom the most agreeable, because they are generally regardless of pleasing at the expense of truth.

— Richard Duppa Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

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In language, the ignorant have prescribed laws to the learned.

Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

Who talks from thought and reflection is rarely eloquent; Madame de Staël was the only exception I ever knew to that rule.

Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

By studying trifles two of the best things in the world are neglected, knowledge, and your own understanding.

Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

He who praises another, and falls short of what is expected, had better have said nothing.

Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

To oppose a favourite prejudice is to risk odium, if you succeed, and contempt, if you fail.

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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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