Whose strength of character may prove the whip,
That drives you ever to fair wisdom’s goal.(Text.)
—The Independent.
(1160)
Friends in Heaven—See [Heaven, Friends in].
FRIENDS, KEEPING
Somebody once asked the famous Roman Atticus how he managed to keep his friends up to the end of his life. His simple reply was, “I never expected anything from them.”
It is difficult, no doubt to maintain during outbursts of passion the serene indulgence peculiar to friendship, but without attaining to the state of Atticus, who expected nothing, where the desire to give much dominates a soul, the sting of wounded vanity would not be felt in the flesh, for wounded vanity would change its object, making it a matter of pride to give, and not receive.—Dora Melegari, “Makers of Sorrow and Makers of Joy.”
(1161)
FRIENDSHIP