It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Friendship
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There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help to strangers, but there is no sanctuary in one bed from the memory of another. The past with its anguish will break through every defense-line of custom and habit; we must sleep and therefore we must dream.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
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Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
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I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and, I believe, Dorothy, you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
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There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence.
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And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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The best antiques are old friends
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Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.
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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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