Friendship is usually treated. . . as a tough. . . thing which will survive all manner of … - Ouida

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Ouida

Friendship is usually treated. . . as a tough. . . thing which will survive all manner of bad treatment. But this is an exceedingly great and foolish error; it may die in an hour of a single unwise word.

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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

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I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

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Excess always carries it's own retributions.

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