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True friendship between man and man is infinite and immortal.

--_Plato_.

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There is a magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the
heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no hearts.

--_Disraeli_.

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Think it not friendship which ever seeks itself, but that which gives
itself for others.

--_Marshall_.

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The vital air of friendship is composed of confidences.

--_Roux_.

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When Socrates was building himself a house at Athens, being asked by one
that observed the littleness of the design why a man so eminent would