"We must take our friends as they are." — James Boswell
"We must take our friends as they are."
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James Boswell
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56 Quotes by James Boswell
James Boswell has 56 quotes on this site.
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable…
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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said…
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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not,…
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
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A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are…
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What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily…
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The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
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Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments,…
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on…
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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to…
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must…
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.…
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More Friends Quotes
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one of 13,586 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must…
— Aristophanes
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
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Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
— Aristotle
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
— Aristotle
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He who hath many friends hath none.
— Aristotle
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
— Aristotle
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
— Aristotle
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
— Aristotle
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I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.
— J. J. Abrams
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