We must, moreover, be as careful to keep friends as to make them.

We must, moreover, be as careful to keep friends as to make them.

John Lubbock

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What turned up: The Pleasures of Life, Part I, Chapter V: The Blessing of Friends; Exact complete sentence from the public-domain text. Full chapter read to distinguish Lubbock’s own commentary from numerous embedded quotations. Lubbock’s own advice about sustaining friendship, preceding separately attributed words
Work: The Pleasures of Life, Part I, Chapter V: The Blessing of Friends
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026The Pleasures of Life, Part I, Chapter V: The Blessing of Friends; Exact complete sentence from the public-domain text. Full chapter read to distinguish Lubbock’s own commentary from numerous embedded quotations. Lubbock’s own advice about sustaining friendship, preceding separately attributed words

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