Friendship

3/15/2022

Friendship

The friendship of the good and true
     Is more to me than gold,
And, while I welcome one that’s new
     I’ll treasure well the old;
Old friends are like the goodly tree
     Whose leafy branches throw
A grateful shelter over me
     When adverse winds may blow!

by John Imrie

John James Imrie was born on 28 May 1846 in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to Canada in 1871. He became a poet, a printer, and a publisher. He was married to Elizabeth McJanet. John James Imrie passed on at 56 years of age on 10 November 1902 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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A Friend

12/31/2021

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Picture of three happy smiling girls standing outside in a grassy area with houses in the background.

A Friend

A friend is like a shade tree
     Beside a summer way,
A friend is like the sunshine
     That makes a perfect day,
A friend is like a flower
     That’s worn close to the heart,
A friend is like a treasure
     With which one will not part.

by Author Unknown

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Words of Dinah Maria Craik

3/1/2021

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Picture of two happy smiling girls, who are friends, sitting on a wooden bench, with their faces toward each other.

Words of Dinah Maria Craik

“Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

by Dinah Maria Craik: “A Life for a Life” (1859), chapter 16

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Mrs. Craik’s words were adapted and published as a poem in Hazel Felleman, editor: “The Best Loved Poems of the American People” (1936), as follows.

Friendship

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort
Of feeling safe with a person.
Having neither to weigh thoughts
Nor measure words, but pouring them
All right out - just as they are
Chaff and grain together -
Certain that a faithful hand will
Take and sift them,
Keeping what is worth keeping,
And with a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.

by Author Unknown: adaption of an excerpt from Dinah Maria Craik: “A Life for a Life” (1859) novel

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Dinah Maria Craik was born as Dinah Maria Mulock on 20 April 1826 in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England. She was married in 1865 to George Lillie Craik, a partner in the Macmillan Publishing House. She became a well-known and successful novelist, essayist, and poet. Her works include “The Ogilvies” (1849), “A Life for a Life” (1859), and “John Halifax, Gentleman” (1859). Dinah Maria Craik passed on at 61 years of age on 12 October 1887 in Shortlands, Bromley, Greater London, England.

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The Pleasures of Friendship

2/12/2021

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The Pleasures of Friendship

The pleasures of friendship are exquisite,
How pleasant to go to a friend on a visit!
I go to my friend, we walk on the grass,
And the hours and moments like minutes pass.

by Stevie Smith (1902 - 1971)

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A Circle of Friends

1/28/2021

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A Circle of Friends

We’ve joined together as classmates
     as the new year begins . . .
A year full of learning
     while we become friends.
We’ll share and be kind
     as we work and play.
And our friendship will grow
     with each passing day.

by Author Unknown

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A Friend Is . . .

1/12/2021

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A Friend Is . . .

A friend is one who is a source of sunshine when you are under the weather.

A friend is one who strengthens you with his prayers, blesses you with his love, and encourages you with his hope.

A friend is one to whom distance is no barrier to communication, concern, or caring.

A friend is one whose thoughtfulness is exceeded only by his concern; whose helpfulness is second only to his awareness.

A friend is one who believes in you so strongly that you are motivated to stretch, to reach, to achieve beyond your fondest expectations.

A friend is one who transforms your loneliness into happiness, your sadness into joy, your gloom into gladness.

A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.

A friend is one who is on the scene with you when you need him, and who quietly leaves when you want to be alone.

A friend is a source of celebration when you feel there is nothing to celebrate.

A friend is one who answers when you call . . . who often answers before you call.

A friend is one who is not hard to find when you are penniless.

A friend is one who makes your grief less painful, your adversity more bearable.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks besides you through the valley.

A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.

A friend is one who warms you by his presence, trusts you with his secrets, and remembers you in his prayers.

A friend is one who gives you a spark of assurance when you doubt your ability to fulfill your noblest aspiration, to climb your special mountain, to reach your secret goal.

A friend is one who helps you bridge the gaps from loneliness to fellowship, from frustration to confidence, from despair to hope, from setbacks to success.

A friend is one who is available to you, understanding of you, and patient with you.

A friend is no less a gift from God than a talent; no less a treasure than life itself.

by William A. Ward

William Arthur Ward was born on 17 December 1921 in Louisiana, United States of America. He became a Private in the United States Army in 1942, and left the military four years later as a Captain. He then attended McMurry University before eventually receiving a Master’s Degree from Oklahoma State University. William Arthur Ward was the writer of the column “Pertinent Proverbs” in the Fort Worth “Star-Telegram” newspaper, writer of the book “Fountains of Faith” (1970), and the writer of more than 100 articles and poems that were published in magazines including “Reader’s Digest,” “The Christian Home,” and “Sunshine.” He was an editor, teacher, motivational speaker, college administrator, and a pastor. He served on the board of directors for several nonprofit organizations. He is perhaps best remembered as one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. William Arthur Ward passed on at 72 years of age on 30 March 1994.

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Good Intentions

12/14/2020

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Good Intentions

You know that card you didn’t get,
     last week when you were ill?
Well, it was I who didn’t send it,
     but I’m thinking of you still.

The day the telephone didn’t ring,
     it was I not calling you.
I knew you needed to talk awhile,
     but I had so much to do.

The visit that was never made,
     when you were feeling low,
That was I who didn’t come,
     but I thought about it, you know.

Please forgive me, friend of mine.
     This is what I am going to do.
I’ll turn my thoughts to actions,
     so you’ll know I care for you.

by Laura Holt

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What Is a Friend?

11/30/2020

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What Is a Friend?

A friend is someone who listens,
     A friend is someone who cares.
A friend is someone who understands,
     A friend is someone who shares.
It’s nice to have a special friend
     To tell all your secrets to.
It’s nice to know that someone you like,
     Is someone who really likes you.
A friend is someone you call on the phone
     To talk about nothing at all.
A friend is someone who cheers you up.
     And makes you feel ten feet tall.
Everyone would like to have
     A special friend it’s true
But if you want a special friend,
     You need to be one, too.

by Author Unknown

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A Friendly Lesson

11/30/2020

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A Friendly Lesson

I was downhearted,
    lonely, and blue;
Then someone came by -
    a friend that I knew.

“’Tis good to see you,”
    she said with a smile,
And how it did to cheer me,
     making life seem worthwhile.

Let’s try it then, friends,
    as we travel life’s way,
To cheer one another,
    and brighten the day.

With God’s love in our hearts
    as we go about,
Let’s see that it tells,
    and let it shine out.

by Ethel Jones: as published in “Sunshine: A Soulful Magazine” (February 1975), Volume 52, Number 2, page 32

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My Friends Are Little Lamps to Me

7/2/2020

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My Friends Are Little Lamps to Me

My friends are little lamps to me,
     Their radiance warms and cheers my ways.
And all my pathway dark and lone
     Is brightened by their rays.

I try to keep them bright by faith,
     And never let them dim with doubt,
For every time I lose a friend
     A little lamp goes out.

by Elizabeth Whittemore: as published in “Harper’s Magazine” (1923)

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The Kindly Neighbor

3/14/2020

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The Kindly Neighbor

I have a kindly neighbor, one who stands
     Beside my gate and chats with me awhile,
Gives me the glory of his radiant smile
     And comes at times to help with willing hands.
No station high or rank this man commands,
     He, too, must trudge, as I, the long day’s mile;
And yet, devoid of pomp or gaudy style,
     He has a worth exceeding stocks or lands.

To him I go when sorrow’s at my door,
     On him I lean when burdens come my way,
Together oft we talk our trials o’er
     And there is warmth in each good-night we say.
A kindly neighbor! Wars and strife shall end
     When man has made the man next door his friend.

by Edgar A. Guest

Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest was born on 20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England. He immigrated with his family to the United States of America in 1891. From his first published work in the “Detroit Free Press” until his passing in 1959, he penned some 11,000 poems that were syndicated in 300 newspapers and collected into more than twenty books. Mr. Guest is reputed to have had a new poem published in a newspaper every day for more than thirty years. He became known as ‘The People’s Poet,’ writing poems that were of a sentimental and optimistic nature. Edgar Albert ‘Eddie’ Guest passed on at 77 years of age on 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.

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Circle of Friends

1/31/2020

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Circle of Friends

Friends, you and me;
     You brought another friend,
And then there were three.
     We started our group,
Our circle of friends -
     There is no beginning or end.

by Author Unknown

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Hold On

1/30/2020

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Hold On

Friends come and go,
but with a precious few
you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps
in geography and lifestyle,
because the older you get,
the more you need the people
who knew you
when you were young.

by Author Unknown

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With a Friend

1/29/2020

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With a Friend

I can talk with a friend
     and walk with a friend
and share my umbrella
     in the rain.

I can play with a friend
     and stay with a friend
and learn with a friend
     and explain.

I can eat with a friend
     and compete with a friend
and even sometimes
     disagree.

I can ride with a friend
     and take pride with a friend.
A friend can mean
     so much to me!

by Vivian Gouled

Vivian G. Gouled was born on 12 June 1911 in California, United States of America. She became a poet. Vivian G. Gouled passed on at 94 years of age on 6 October 2005 in Kensington, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America.

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Forever Friends

1/28/2020

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Forever Friends

We’re joined in a friendship
     That time cannot sever,
With bonds we have built
     We’ll remain friends forever.

We’re welded in spirit
     Attached by our hearts,
And fused by the feelings
     That friendship imparts.

We’re tied by emotions
     Connected by dreams,
Reinforced by our hopes
     Unified by extremes.

No longer a function
     Of time or of space,
Our love is a substance
     That life won’t replace.

No matter how distant
     We’ll always endeavor,
To sense the full meaning
     Of friendship forever.

by Author Unknown

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New Friends and Old Friends

1/27/2020

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New Friends and Old Friends

Make new friends, but keep the old;
     Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
     Age will mellow and refine.

Friendships that have stood the test -
     Time and change - are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray;
     Friendship never knows decay.

For ’mid old friends, tried and true,
     Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die;
     New friends must their place supply.

Cherish friendship in your breast -
     New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
     Those are silver, these are gold.

by Joseph Parry

Joseph Parry was born on 21 May 1841 in a cottage, which still stands as a museum to his life, at 4 Chapel Row, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom. He immigrated with his family at 13 years of age in 1854 to the United States of America. Parry was a miner and an ironworker by trade in his early life in Pennsylvania, but he later returned to the United Kingdom, where he studied and taught music. He was a professor of music at the University of Wales from 1873 to 1877. He set several Welsh writings to music, which were performed widely in both the United States of America and Wales during his lifetime. Joseph Parry passed on at 61 years of age on 17 February 1903 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.

“Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine: when it is old, thou shalt drinke it with pleasure.” -Ben Sira: ‘The Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach,’ also known as the ‘Book of Ecclesiasticus’ (about 180 B.C.E.), chapter 9, verse 10

(The preceding quotation is shown in the Old Testament ‘Apocrypha’ section of “The Bible” (Authorized King James Version (1611)). Please note that many modern editions of “The Bible” omit the ‘Apocrypha,’ and that the ‘Book of Ecclesiasticus’ should not be confused with the ‘Book of Ecclesiastes.’)

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Words of Alfred Armand Montapert

1/26/2020

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A friend is a person . . .
With whom you can be sincere . . .
To whom you never need to defend yourself . . .
On whom you can depend whether present or absent . . .
With whom you never need pretend . . .
To whom you can reveal yourself without fear of betrayal . . .
Who does not feel he owns you because you are his friend . . .
Who will not selfishly use you because he has your confidence . . .
I would have such a friend . . .
And I would be such a friend . . .
I do have such a friend . . .
You!

by Alfred Armand Montapert

Alfred Armand Montapert was born on 15 July 1906 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America. He was married to Evelyn Beatrice Worth (1907 - 2001). He became a writer. He is known as the author of the book “Supreme Philosophy of Man: The Laws of Life” (1970). Alfred Armand Montapert passed on at 91 years of age on 19 September 1997 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.

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Friendships and Friends

1/25/2020

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“Well, I don’t suppose anyone ever is completely self-winding. That’s what friends are for.” -Russell Hoban (Russell Conwell Hoban (1925 - 2011)): “The Mouse and His Child” (1967)

“Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.” -Eustace Budgell (1711)

“Friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life.” -Author Unknown

Friendship

From quiet homes and first beginning,
     Out to the undiscovered ends,
There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,
     But laughter and the love of friends.

by Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953): “Verses” (1910), ‘Dedicatory Ode,’ stanza 22

“Discover someone to help shoulder your misfortunes. Then you will never be alone . . . neither fate, nor the crowd, so readily attacks two.” -Baltasar Gracián (1601 - 1658)

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Les.
Les, who?
Les be friends!

“Friends who take the time to care, are really angels unaware.” -Author Unknown

“We shall never have friends, if we expect to find them without fault.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 5456

“A real friend is one who overlooks your broken down gate, and admires the flowers in your garden!” -Author Unknown

“Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.” -Frederick W. Faber (Frederick William Faber (1814 - 1863))

“You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.” -Author Unknown: Colonial American proverb

“This communicating of a man’s self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” -Quintus Ennius (239 B.C.E. - 169 B.C.E.)

“What is a friend? I will tell you . . . it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” -Frank Crane (1861 - 1928)

“Life is to be fortified by many friendships.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” -Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972)

“I had only one friend, my dog. My wife was mad at me, and I told her a man ought to have at least two friends. She agreed - and bought me another dog.” -Pepper Rodgers (Franklin Cullen ‘Pepper’ Rodgers (born 1931))

“. . . I never yet met a man that I didn’t like.” -Will Rogers (William Penn Adair ‘Will’ Rogers (1879 - 1935)), as quoted in the “Saturday Evening Post” (6 November 1926)

Suppose someone came to you and said, “I do not go out because I have no friends, and I have no friends because I do not go out.” What would you say to the person?

“Friendships multiply joys, and divide griefs.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 1622

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” -Bernard Meltzer (Bernard C. Meltzer (1916 - 1998))

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1929 - 2012))

Friendship Day was promoted by the Hallmark Greeting Card Company beginning in 1919. It was made official by the Congress of the United States of America in 1935, to be observed on the first Sunday in August of each year, as National Friendship Day. In 2011, the United Nations declared an International Friendship Day, to be celebrated on 30 July of each year. The date on which the holiday is observed varies around the world, but in many places, the first Sunday in August is still the chosen day. Among the ways of celebrating are making and handing out friendship wristbands or bracelets, sending greeting cards or email messages, or having a gathering of friends. Happy Friendship Day to you and all your friends from Make Fun Of Life!

“He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))

“Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

In Passing

Friends come, friends go; the loves
     men know are ever fleeting;
In song and smile a little while
     we read their kindly greeting;
With warmth and cheer they linger near,
     the friends we fondly treasure;
Then on a day they drift away,
     a loss no words can measure.
This much we know: friends come, friends go,
     as April’s gladness passes.
As sun and shade, in swift parade,
     paint changes on meadow grasses.
And though we grieve to see them leave,
     in thought we still enfold them;
In Memory’s Net we keep them yet,
     and thus can ever hold them.
They come, they go - these Loves we know.
     Life’s Tides are ever moving;
But year on year, they still seem near -
     so great the power of loving.

by Aline Michaelis (Aline Triplette Michaelis (1883 - 1958)): “The Rhyming Optimist” newspaper column

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” -Linda Grayson

“No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.” -Author Unknown

“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the nicest things you can be.” -Douglas Pagels (born 1950)

“I didn’t always have friends, so I am careful to take care of them.” -Loretta Claiborne (born 1953), Special Olympics athlete and professional speaker, website https://www.lorettaclaiborne.com

“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world.” -John Evelyn (1620 - 1706)

“Everyone needs someone with whom to share their secrets.” -Author Unknown

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” -Ed Cunningham (born 1969)

“Develop the art of friendliness. One can experience a variety of emotions staying home and reading or watching television; one will be alive but hardly living. Most of the meaningful aspects of life are closely associated with people. Even the dictionary definition of life involves people.” -William L. Abbott

“The essence of true friendship is to make allowances for another’s little lapses.” -David Storey (David Malcolm Storey (1933 - 2017))

“Nobody has ever come up with a good substitute for friendship.” -Author Unknown

“Do not let your desire to win an argument ruin a friendship.” -Author Unknown

By mutual confidence and mutual aid
Great deeds are done, and great discoveries made.
-Homer

“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.” -Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854 - 1921)

“Good friends are good for your health.” -Irwin Sarason (Irwin G. Sarason (born 1929))

“There is no need like the lack of a friend.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb

“Friendship doesn’t exist to criticize but to inspire confidence.” -Jean-Paul Sartre (Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (1905 - 1980))

“Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))

What are the qualities that make a good friend?

“True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.” -Dave Tyson Gentry (David ‘Dave’ Tyson Gentry (born 1951))

“Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.” -Author Unknown

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 4, verses 9 and 10

“It takes a long time to grow an old friend.” -Author Unknown

“Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.” -Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915): “The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard: Mottoes, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings, and Preachments” (1927), page 112

“Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find one good, you must a hundred try.” -Claude Mermet (1550 - 1620)

Overheard: If friends were flowers, I would pick you.

“Two people cannot remain friends for long if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings.” -Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)

“Old friends are best - they know everything about you - but they cannot remember it.” -Author Unknown

“Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.” -Author Unknown

“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.” -Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954))

“Hopes are planted in friendship’s garden, where dreams blossom into priceless treasures.” -Author Unknown

“If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): remark (1755) to Joshua Reynolds, as quoted in James Boswell: “The Life of Samuel Johnson” (1791)

“Of all the means to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.” -Epicurus (341 B.C.E. - 270 B.C.E.)

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” -Woodrow Wilson (Thomas Woodrow ‘Woodrow’ Wilson (1856 - 1924))

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

“The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.” -Maya Angelou (Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.” -Cindy Lew

Riddle: How is it possible for you to sit behind your friend and for your friend to sit behind you at the same time?
Solution: Sit back-to-back.

“Every good friend once was a stranger.” -Author Unknown

“It takes a lot of time, understanding, and trust to gain a close friendship with someone. My friends are my most precious asset.” -Erynn Miller

“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.” -Author Unknown: Czech proverb

Among life’s precious jewels,
     Genuine and rare,
The one that we call friendship
     Has worth beyond compare.
-Author Unknown

“Real friends are those who, when you feel you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” -Erwin T. Randall

“Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.” -Augustine Birrell (1850 - 1933)

“When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.” -E. W. Howe (Edgar Watson ‘Ed’ Howe (1853 - 1937))

“A faithful friend is a source of strength; whoever finds one has found a treasure.” -Author Unknown: “Sirach,” chapter 6, verse 14

“Yes’m, old friends is always best, ’less you can catch a new one that’s fit to make an old one out of.” -Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909): “The Country of Pointed Firs and Other Fiction” (1896)

“Mutual confidence is the pillar of friendship.” -Author Unknown

“A friend is a gift you give yourself.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 -1894)

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” -Elisabeth Foley

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings and the one which we take the least thought to acquire.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))

My Friend

I have a friend
     Whose name is __________________ .
And we have fun together.
     We laugh and play
And sing all day
     In any kind of weather.

by Author Unknown

“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))

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Friendship

6/13/2019

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Friendship

Cultivate a friendship,
     As you do a garden bed;
Nourish, feed and watch it grow,
     With help and nice things said.

Smile, it’s like the sunshine
     Needed for the flowers,
Loving hands to tend and care,
     Soft rains and sun-filled hours.

Little hurts are like the weeds,
     That come between the rows:
Pull and cast them out before
     The beautiful friendship goes.

Be proud of your well-tended garden
     And proud of a good friend too,
All the work that you put into them
     Will come straight back to you.

Don’t neglect your garden
     Or the good friends that you know,
Don’t let a single day go by,
     Keep trying, both will grow.

by Ruth Moyer Gilmour

Ruth Moyer Gilmour was born on 14 June 1910 in Mohawk, New York, United States of America. She was married to Barrington P. ‘Barry’ Gilmour. She became a schoolteacher, a school choral director, and a poet. Ruth Moyer Gilmour passed on at 87 years of age on 23 January 1998.

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Do You Know Your Neighbor?

11/7/2018

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Do You Know Your Neighbor?

Do you know the neighbor who lives on your block;
     do you ever take time for a bit of talk?
Do you know his troubles, his heartaches, his cares;
     the battle he’s fighting, the burdens he bears?

Do you greet him with joy, or pass him right by
     with a questioning look and a quizzical eye?
Do you bid him “Good Morning” and “How do you do,”
     or shrug as if he were nothing to you?

He may be a chap with a mighty big heart;
     and a welcome that grips, if you’d just do your part,
and I know you will coax out his sunniest smile
     if you’ll stop with this neighbor and visit awhile.

We rush on so fast in these strenuous days,
     we’re apt to find fault when it’s better to praise.
We judge a man’s worth by the make of his car;
     we’re anxious to learn what his politics are.

But somehow it seldom gets under the hide,
     the fact that the fellow we’re living beside
Is a fellow like us, with a hankering too,
     for a grip of the hand and a “How do you do!”

by H. Howard Biggar

Harvey Howard Biggar was born on 4 April 1886 in Aurora, South Dakota, United States of America. He became an agronomist, an instructor in agriculture, and a poet. Harvey Howard Biggar passed on at 79 years of age on 10 April 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

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Friends

11/6/2018

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Friends

Friends care
Friends share
We need friends
Everywhere!

by Author Unknown

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Friends Are Like Angels

7/7/2018

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Friends Are Like Angels

Our friends are like angels,
     Who brighten our days;
In all kinds of wonderful,
     Magical ways.

Their thoughtfulness comes,
     As a gift from above;
And we feel we’re surrounded,
     By warm, caring love.

Like upside-down rainbows,
     Their smiles bring the sun;
And they fill ho-hum moments,
     With laughter and fun.

Friends are like angels,
     Without any wings;
Blessing our lives,
     With the most precious things.

by Emily Matthews

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Be a Friend

7/6/2018

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Be a Friend

Your friends are very precious things;
Their love is like the rarest gem.
But friends are hard to find and keep
Unless you are a friend to them.

by Author Unknown

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A Perfect Day

7/2/2018

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A Perfect Day

When you come to the end of a perfect day,
     And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
     For the joy that the day has brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
     Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
     And the dear friends have to part?

Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
     Near the end of a journey, too,
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
     With a wish that is kind and true.
For mem’ry has painted this perfect day
     With colors that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day,
     The soul of a friend we’ve made.

by Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1910)

Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond was born on 11 August 1862 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States of America. She became a songwriter, a singer, and a pianist. Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond passed on at 84 years of age on 28 December 1946 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.

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Croesus Discovers

7/1/2018

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Croesus Discovers

I thought I was a poor man all my days,
     And only late I knew
Riches that filled my soul with glad amaze,
     All-marvelous to view.

How am I shamed that I have hung my head
     The way a pauper bends!
I should have walked the earth a king instead;
     My friends - I had my friends!

by Author Unknown

Croesus was born in 595 B.C.E. He became a king of Lydia from 560 B.C.E. until 546 B.C.E. During that time, he amassed a considerable amount of gold. In 546 B.C.E., Cyrus, the king of Persia, went to war with Croesus, and took away his gold. With no gold, Croesus discovered he had something worth more remaining: the riches of friendship. Croesus passed on in 547 B.C.E.

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