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Small service is true service while it lasts,
Of humblest friends, bright creature, scorn not one;
The daisy by the shadow that it casts
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

--_Wordsworth_.

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Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest,
and some by souls.

--_Taylor_.

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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to
imply that they would do anything for the sake of a friend.

--_Cicero_.

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To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling
than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity
in social life.