"If we have no friends, we have..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.”
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
“You are young, and I am older;You are hopeful, I am not-Enjoy life, ere it grow colder-Pluck the roses ere they rot.”
More on Friendship
More on Loss
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.”
“The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.”
“And to lose the chance to see frigatebirds soaring in circles above the storm, or a file of pelicans winging their way homeward across the crimson afterglow of the sunset, or a myriad terns flashing in the bright light of midday as they hover in a shifting maze above the beach -- why, the loss is like the loss of a gallery of the masterpieces of the artists of old time.”