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With one friend I would count myself rich.
—Nusbaum.
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What is bestowed on our friends is beyond the reach of fortune; the riches that thou hast given away are the only riches that thou really possessest.
—Martial.
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Well chosen friendship, the most noble
Of virtues, all our joys makes double
And into halves divides our trouble.
—Denham.
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