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"Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]"
"If you have one true friend you have more than your share."
"True friendship resists time, distance and silence."
"A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth."
"Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs."
"If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend."
"Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love."
"A true friend will go with the instagram filter that flatters you."
"Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being."
"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."
"My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period."
"But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good."
"Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it."
"A true Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their love, and know no otherlaw nor kindness."
"In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures."
"That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is."
"A true friend to me is someone who will be there when the chips are down."
"I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial."
"When you train a horse on a daily basis, you're a part of the horse's movement, you're a part of his motion. Everything that the horse experiences is coming from you. There's a total connection -- a true friendship -- and the connection touches the soul completely."
"True friends appear less moved than counterfeit."
