Samuel Johnson: Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower

Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men — Samuel Johnson

Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.

Samuel Johnson

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Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat. — The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. Ovid
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and — Charles Caleb Colton
Soyons amis, Cinna, c'est moi qui t'en convie. — Let us be friends
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