once, but requires time and the nourishment of thoughts.

--_Dante_.

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Even the utmost good-will and harmony and practical kindness are not
sufficient for friendship, for friends do not live in harmony, merely,
as some say, but in melody. We do not wish for friends to feed and
clothe our bodies,--neighbors are kind enough for that,--but to do the
like office to our spirits. For this, few are rich enough, however well
disposed they may be.

--_Thoreau_.

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A pure friendship inspires, cleanses, expands, and strengthens the soul.

--_Alger_.

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A friend is he that loves, and he that is beloved.

--_Hobbe_.

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Change, care, nor Time while life endure