"Friends should be preferred to kings...." - Quote by Voltaire
Friends should be preferred to kings.
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“Anything too stupid to be said is sung.”
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“We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.”
“True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart”
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“Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”
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“Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.”