For this reason the most gentle behaviour is absolutely necessary to maintain friendship in any degree above the common level of acquaintance.
Richard Steele
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- On the Choice of Friends, in The Gift of Friendship (1910), p.155; Complete sentence following discussion of the emotional importance of friends; before his separate discussion of marriage. Public-domain1910 edition checked.
- On the Choice of Friends, in The Gift of Friendship (1910), p.155
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