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“We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship, for to undertake to wound or offe”
Michel de Montaigne quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. 1533-1592)
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“It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.”
Henry Ward Beecher quotes (Liberal US Congregational minister, 1813-1887)
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“But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.”
Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)
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“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
David Tyson Gentry quotes
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“The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it”
Sylvia Bremer quotes
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“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”
Henri Nouwen quotes (Dutch Christian writer 1932 - 1996)
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“A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you.”

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“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
Gloria Naylor quotes (African-American novelist and educator, 1950)
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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one”
C.S. Lewis quotes (British Scholar and Novelist. 1898-1963)
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“true friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.”
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“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.”
Orson Welles quotes (American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer, 1915-1985)
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