Friends

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The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Friends

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 292.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

Willa Cather

Shadows on the Rock

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Value of friendship Friendship Friends Loneliness Exile

Speaker

Father Hector Saint-Cyr

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Shadows on the Rock

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Cather, Willa. Shadows on the Rock. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931, bk. 3, ch. 5.

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend,
What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend?

Nicholas Grimald

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Value of friendship Friendship Friends

Author

Nicholas Grimald

Source

Of Friendship

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1557 1550s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Citation

Grimald, Nicholas. Of Friendship. c. 1557.

One has a right to judge of a man by the effect he has over his friends.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Friends Influence on others

Speaker

Basil Hallward

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 12.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Jesus

John 15:13

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Topic

Sacrifice Loving others Love Friends Friendship

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 15:13).

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Friends

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Man's best friend Man and animals Friends Dogs

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1709 1700s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Letter to Henry Cromwell. 19 Oct. 1709.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "To Cromwell, 19 October 1709." Alexander Pope: Selected Letters, edited by Howard Erksine-Hill. Oxford University Press, 2000, no. 16.