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but to have the spleen, and to dream upon't, is a punishment I would not wish my greatest enemy
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Our thoughts would imply that other men have friends, though we have not.
Henry David Thoreauverified·Journal, Volume II: 1850-September 15, 1851 (ed. Bradford Torrey)·April 29, 1851
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not to find friends at a time when you want them is hard, as also not to be able to exchange an inconstant and bad friend for a constant and good one
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What a perpetual disappointment is actual society, even of the virtuous and gifted!
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A long life may be passed without finding a friend in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and sincerity.
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When he undertakes to play a part on the stage, and to persuade the world to think more about him than they do about themselves, he is got into a track where he will find nothing but briars and thorns, vexation and disappointment.
William Hazlittverified·On Living to One's-Self, in Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners·January 1821