"For real company and friendship, there is..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke
For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.
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“You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.”
“The world is full of warfare 'twixt the evil and the good;I watched the battle from afar as one who understoodThe shouting and confusion, the bloody, blundering fight-How few there are that see it clear, how few that wage it right!”
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
More on Friendship
“The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"”
“A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”
“The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.”
More on Companionship
“The shortest way to get anywhere is to have good company.”
“A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.”
“A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.”