One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...