There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (RSV, 1952)

"A friend loves at all times..."  Proverbs 17:17

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, 
but the silence of our friends."
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

"Friendship without self - interest is one of the rare 
and beautiful things of life."
~ James F. Byrnes

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,
never an opportunity."
~ Kahlil Gibran

"Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: 
it is rather a life."
~ David Grayson

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he
advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone;
one should keep his friendships in constant repair."
~ Samuel Johnson

"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."
~ Louisa May Alcott

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship,
we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."
~ Charlotte Bronte

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good
egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
~ Bernard Meltzer

"A friend is someone who sings your heart's song 
back to you when you have forgotten the words."
~ David Coppola, Ph.D.

"When you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if he sends,
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
but the love of real true friends."
~Helen Steiner Rice

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