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The prime reason for social intercourse is mutual need; and as soon as that is satisfied, boredom drives people together once more.
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How I should love that plain-heartedness you speak of, if you would use it; nothing is civil but that amongst friends.
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Men who are successful always seek the company of others who are successful, while men who are on the ragged side of life always seek the company of those who are in similar circumstances.
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Whereas having many friends puts people apart and severs and disunites them, by transferring and shifting the tie of friendship too frequently, and does not admit of a mixture and welding of goodwill by the diffusing and compacting of intimacy.
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Society we must have; but let it be society, and not exchanging news, or eating from the same dish.
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Old companions are like meats served up too often, that lose their relish and their wholesomeness.
William Hazlittverified·On Living to One's-Self, in Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners·January 1821