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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Jesus7 BC–AD 30The Sermon on the Mount
A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I (1755), p. 83
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784March 20, 1782
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV, 1781, p. 479
I am inclined to believe that few attacks either of ridicule or invective make much noise, but by the help of those they provoke.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Letter to Hester Thrale (5 July 1783)
- Enemies
True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.
Ben Jonson1572–1637Cynthia’s Revels (1600), Act III, scene ii
- Happiness
Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse.
James Joyce1882–1941Dubliners (1914), A Painful CaseIn context
- Love
- Sex
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller1880–1968
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.
Helen Keller1880–1968“Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy”, Joseph P. Lash (1980)
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963
- Enemies
- Forgiveness
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Martin Luther King, Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience, Steeler Lecture, November 1967.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
- Love
We be of one blood, ye and I
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Jungle Book (1894), Kaa’s HuntingIn context
- Animals
All political movements are like this — we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side who disagree with us are heretics, and they start becoming enemies.
Doris Lessing1919–2013Salon interview (1997)
- Enemies
- Politics
As a rule I never read bad reviews about myself because my best friends invariably tell me about them.
Oscar Levant1906–1972The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)
- Comedy