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It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.
~ Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) French writer

If it is abuse - why one is always sure to here of it from one damned good-natured friend or other!
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) British dramatist

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
~ George Washington (1732 - 1799) US Statesman

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
~ George Washington

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
~ George Washington

Should auld aquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'?
~ Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Scottish poet

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
~ Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
~ Epicurus

These are called the pious frauds of friendship.
~ Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) British novelist