"Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived……" — Pierre Charron

More Companion Quotes

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• Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
• What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and… — Diane Ackerman
• Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon
• Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or… — Alan Ball
• He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual… — Isaac Barrow
• Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she… — Francis Beaumont
• True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship… — Joseph Addison
• There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. — Henry Ward Beecher
• Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I… — Buffalo Bill
• People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down… — Linda Blair
• For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my… — Erma Bombeck
• Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and… — Daniel Boone

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