Not Friends

Friends show their love

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Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides

Never explain – your

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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard

There is no more

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There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows … Read more

Politicians generally form alliances

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Politicians generally form alliances and not friendships. Individuals and institutions achieve their ends through continual barter. But deals are not bonds. Indeed, intense emotional involvement with anything – with issues, ideology, a woman, even a family – can be a handicap, not only consuming valuable time, but more importantly, reducing flexibility and the capacity for … Read more