“Candour’s the cement of friendship.”
F. Anstey (1856–1934) English novelist and journalist
Source: The Brass Bottle (1900), Chapter 1, “Horace Ventimore Receives a Commission”
“Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul!
Sweetener of life! and solder of society!”
Part I, line 88.
The Grave (1743)
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Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
As quoted in Hugs for Girlfriends : Stories, Sayings, and Scriptures to Encourage and Inspire (2001) by Philis Boultinghouse and LeAnn Weiss, p. 7; there seem to be no published sources available for this statement prior to 2001.
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“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
Red Cross Speech http://books.google.com/books?id=f6l-dsvnjhEC&pg=PA406&dq=%22Friendship+is+the+only+cement%22, New York (18 May 1918) <br class="br">1910s
“Romance is the sweetening of the soul
With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.”
Wole Soyinka (1934) Nigerian writer
Source: The Lion and the Jewel
“Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century
The Character of Polybius (1692)
“Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition.”
Hasan ibn Ali (624–669) Shia Imam
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 111
General Quotes
“The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
The Husbandman's Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement!”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
What's New, Pussycat? (1965).
“So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) (1802–1871) Scottish publisher and writer
Source: Sanitary Economy (1850), p. 17