“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”
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Robert Southey 51
British poet 1774–1843Related quotes

“What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily?”
Quem mihi dabis qui aliquod pretium tempori ponat, qui diem aestimet, qui intellegat se cotidie mori?
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time

“The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.”

“The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.”

“For friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”
Nam et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.
Section 22
Laelius De Amicitia – Laelius On Friendship (44 BC)

“Love and friendship exclude each other.”