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TIMON'S SOLILOQUY

My shadoheresoe'er I wend, Is withfriend

But chiefly when the sun in June Is clihest noon, My fond attendant closes near, As I were growing still more dear; And then, to show its love complete, Falls even servile at my feet, Where, proud of place, it scarcely nods Before the temple of the Gods

But when the evening sun descends, It see a dial of the town, To tell that Tiht coone

--_Atlantic Monthly_

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Ah, how good it feels; The hand of an old friend!

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If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you

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A man may have a thousand inti them all If you have one friend, think yourself happy

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Go slowly to the entertainment of your friends, but quickly to their misfortunes

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LEAVE A FRIEND

Leave a friend! So base I am not I followed hi, and will not leave hiold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal is shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity

--_Metastasio_

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Do not lose sight of old attach new friendshi+ps

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A , will, in time, have few friends to dispute with