The value of friendship

The value of friendship

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No one is quite the same again who has been touched by a noble
friendship. “Our chief want in life”, says Emerson, “is somebody who
shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a true friend.”

Friendship is no one-sided affair, but an exchange of soul qualities.
There can be no friendship without reciprocity. “If you want a friend,
be a friend”.
“Friends are each other’s mirrors, and should be clearer than the
mountain springs and free from design or flattery”.

Those who make friends must cultivate the qualities which are
admired and which attract. They must cultivate generosity and large-
heartedness – must be magnanimous and tolerant.

Friendship has a great value which cannot be overlooked, someone has given the definition of the word ‘friend’ thus: “The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out”. To choose our friends with an eye to their commercial value to us would be to proclaim ourselves unworthy of the friendship of any noble soul, and indeed incapable of winning any friendships worthy of the same. It is in relation to their effect on character that the value of friends must be estimated.

The major part of your success and happiness depend largely on the
qualities of your friends. Those who help to build up our self-
confidence are our greatest well-wishers.

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