“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
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“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
“Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert”
“To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.”
“A friend in need is a friend indeed”
“A witty saying proves nothing”
“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes ”
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence”
“There are times when patience proves at fault”
“Pain is life, the sharper, the more evidence of life”
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence”