“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.”
“Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul”
“Those whom we support hold us up in life”
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself”
“A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. ”
“Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be”
“A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable”
“Small projects need much more help than great ones”
“Where words fail, music speaks”
“A man must pay the fiddler, in my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized”
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet”
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
“The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.”
“We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.”
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ”
“Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us -- but not suckle us”
“Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts – for support rather than illumination.”