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I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
Emily Brontë1818–1848Wuthering Heights (1847), Chapter IIIIn context
The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
Warren Buffettborn 1930“My Philanthropic Pledge” at The Giving Pledge (2010)
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min’?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o’ lang syne?
Robert Burns1759–1796Auld Lang Syne (1788)In context
- Holidays
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
Robert Burns1759–1796Auld Lang Syne (1788)In context
It’s coming yet, for a’ that,
That man to man, the warld o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.
Robert Burns1759–1796A Man’s a Man for A’ That (1795)In context
- Hope
Friends of my youth, a last adieu! haply some day we meet again;
Yet ne’er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other men.
Richard Francis Burton1821–1890The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)
- Change
Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus1913–1960
A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855), Essays, Goethe’s Works.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie1888–1955
I’d have liked to have you for a sweetheart, or a wife, or my mother or my sister⁠—anything that a woman can be to a man. The idea of you is a part of my mind; you influence my likes and dislikes, all my tastes, hundreds of times when I don’t realize it. You really are a part of me.
Willa Cather1873–1947My Ántonia (1918), Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story, Chapter IVIn context
- Love
Ain’t it wonderful, Jim, how much people can mean to each other?
Willa Cather1873–1947My Ántonia (1918), Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story, Chapter IVIn context
- Love
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
- Love
Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend.
Agatha Christie1890–1976The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), Hercule Poirot
If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Remark to John Colville (21 June 1941), as quoted in Andrew Nagorski, The Greatest Battle (2007), pp. 150–151
- Enemies
- War & Peace
A weak invention of the enemy.
Colley Cibber1671–1757Richard III (altered) (1700), Act V, scene 3. Similar thought in William Shakespeare, King Richard III.
- Enemies