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Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven,
The noble mind's delight and pride,
To men and angels only given,
To all the lower world denied.

--_Samuel Johnson_.

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Friendship is a plant which cannot be forced. True friendship is no
gourd, springing up in a night and withering in a day.

--_Charlotte Bronte_.

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Friendship always benefits, while love sometimes injures.

--_Seneca_.

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Friendship heightens all our affections. We, receive all the ardor of
our friend in addition to our own. The communication of minds gives to
each the fervor of each.

--_Channing_.