Friendship is, at any rate, a relation of perfect equality. — Henry David Thoreau · Smartyfair

Friendship is, at any rate, a relation of perfect equality.

Henry David Thoreau1817–1862 · writer · 1800s USAHenry David Thoreau was an American writer who spent two years living simply in a small cabin near Walden Pond, writing about nature, independence, and living deliberately.175 quotes

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It takes a village to raise a child.African proverb The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one.'

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Emily Dickinson Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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