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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
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The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is.
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Words are like money there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.
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