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“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“We must be our own [friend] before we can be another’s.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Happy is the house that shelters a friend!”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source• Title: Friendship
• Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Type: Essay
• Publisher: Unknown
• Publication time: 1841
• Link: https://emersoncentral.com/texts/essays-first-series/friendship/