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Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
W.H. Auden (1907-1973)

Champagne for my sham friends; real pain for my real friends.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.
Kehlog Albran

Friends are not necessarily the people you like best, they merely got there first.
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Anonymous

I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.
Chauncey Depew (1834-1928)

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake (1752-1827)

My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him
Anonymous

Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Of all the people I know, you're one of them.
Anonymous

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

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