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There is in friendship something of all relations and something above them all. It is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world.
—Evelyn.
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To God be humble, and to thy friend be kind.
—Dunbar.
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The perfection of loving-kindness is to efface ourselves so thoroughly that those we benefit shall not think themselves inferior to him who benefits them.
—Balzac.
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