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The powers and the ground of friendship is a mystery; but, looking back, I can discern that, in part, we loved the thing he was, for some shadow of what he was to be.
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Love should run out to meet love with open arms.
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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.
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Marriage is terrifying, but so is a cold and forlorn old age.
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The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget.