Hence what you have to do is to take the friend as he is, to select the best parts of him, to give him the best parts of yourself, not to disturb the rest, and to leave well alone.
Arnold Bennett
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Things That Have Interested Me, Third Series (1926), “Treatise on making Friends,” p. 183; Complete sentence in Bennett’s discussion of accepting friends rather than trying to reform them. Surrounding argument and 1926 edition metadata checked. Original English; public-domain text.
- Things That Have Interested Me, Third Series (1926), “Treatise on making Friends,” p. 183
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