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> [When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/when-all-is-said-and-done-friendship-is-the-only-trustworthy-fabric/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

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## More by Miles Franklin

> [... no problem except old age ever vanquished my mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/no-problem-except-old-age-ever-vanquished-my-mother/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/i-m-sure-it-s-not-any-wish-of-mine-that-i-m-born-with-inclinations/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/it-s-a-sign-of-your-own-worth-sometimes-if-you-are-hated-by-the-right/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the clash of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/if-the-souls-of-lives-were-voiced-in-music-there-are-some-that-none/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [What I absorbed from autobiographies was not how to be great so much as the littleness of the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/what-i-absorbed-from-autobiographies-was-not-how-to-be-great-so-much/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [Cowards always drag in the Bible to back theirselves up far more than proper people does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/cowards-always-drag-in-the-bible-to-back-theirselves-up-far-more-than/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [the way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/the-way-to-wean-any-one-from-a-desire-is-not-by-condemnation-of-it/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/in-the-career-of-a-prodigy-there-invariably-comes-a-time-when-it-is/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [Ah, the bitter, hopeless heart-hunger of godlessness none but an atheist can understand!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/ah-the-bitter-hopeless-heart-hunger-of-godlessness-none-but-an/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/when-all-is-said-and-done-friendship-is-the-only-trustworthy-fabric/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [There are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/there-are-only-two-kinds-of-parents-those-who-think-their-offspring/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [“There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of the trials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/there-is-any-amount-of-love-and-good-in-the-world-but-you-must-search/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/men-always-say-there-is-no-female-shakespeare-humph-you-study-the/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/heed-the-spark-or-you-may-dread-the-fire/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

> [“When an emergency arose that necessiated Uncle Jay-Jay to shoe a horse himself, I always manipulated the bellows. He was always so exacting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-franklin/when-an-emergency-arose-that-necessiated-uncle-jay-jay-to-shoe-a/)

[Miles Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-franklin/)

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