Friendship requires that rare mean betwixt likeness and unlikeness,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson · Smartyfair

Friendship requires that rare mean betwixt likeness and unlikeness, that piques each with the presence of power and of consent in the other party.

Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882 · writer · 1800s USARalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist and poet who encouraged people to trust their own minds and think for themselves.207 quotes

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