Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.

—John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins (26 March 1848 – 15 September 1908) was a British literary critic.

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The secret to success in life is known only to those who have not succeeded.

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In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

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All people want is someone to listen.

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Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.

—Hugh Elliott

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

—Georgia O'Keeffe

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You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

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