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> [Your friends avoid you, brutishly transform'd They hardly know you, or if one remains To wish you well, he wishes you in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/your-friends-avoid-you-brutishly-transform-d-they-hardly-know-you-or/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

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## More by John Armstrong

> [Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/ye-youths-and-virgins-when-your-generous-blood-has-drunk-the-warmth/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/virtue-and-sense-are-one-and-trust-me-still-a-faithless-heart-betrays/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [He knows enough, the mariner, who knows Where lurk the shelves, and where the whirlpools boil, What signs portend the storm: to subtler minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/he-knows-enough-the-mariner-who-knows-where-lurk-the-shelves-and/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [Tis not too late to-morrow to be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/tis-not-too-late-to-morrow-to-be-brave/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [What Nature bids is good, is wise, and faultless we obey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/what-nature-bids-is-good-is-wise-and-faultless-we-obey/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [“But mostly what we think of as the 'meaning' of life concerns the style of the private autobiography we each write and which records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/but-mostly-what-we-think-of-as-the-meaning-of-life-concerns-the-style/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [You can't help people that don't want to be helped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/you-can-t-help-people-that-don-t-want-to-be-helped/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [The most beautiful form of compromise is forgiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/the-most-beautiful-form-of-compromise-is-forgiveness/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [We know great Nature's pow'r, Mother of things, whose vast unbounded sway From the deep centre all around extends Wide to the flaming barriers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/we-know-great-nature-s-pow-r-mother-of-things-whose-vast-unbounded/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [Much had he read, Much more had he seen; he studied from the life, And in th' original perus'd mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/much-had-he-read-much-more-had-he-seen-he-studied-from-the-life-and/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [Our greatest good, and what we least can spare, Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/our-greatest-good-and-what-we-least-can-spare-is-hope-the-last-of-all/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/virtue-the-strength-and-beauty-of-the-soul-is-the-best-gift-of-heaven/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [The blood, the fountain whence the spirits flow The generous stream that waters every part, And motion, vigor, and warm life conveys To every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/the-blood-the-fountain-whence-the-spirits-flow-the-generous-stream/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [One’s relationship with money is lifelong, it colors one’s sense of identity, it shapes one’s attitude to other people, it connects and splits generations;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/one-s-relationship-with-money-is-lifelong-it-colors-one-s-sense-of/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

> [“Sincerity is only as good as what we are sincere about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-armstrong/sincerity-is-only-as-good-as-what-we-are-sincere-about/)

[John Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-armstrong/)

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