Friendships are frequently taken up on some sudden sympathy, and we see only as much as we please of one another's characters afterwards.
William Hazlitt
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Table-Talk; Complete sentence in his essay on judging character. A caution about idealizing friends; the surrounding argument concerns the biases of both friends and enemies. Public-domain original English.
- Table-Talk
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