. _:vb6942255 "A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection."@en . _:vb6942255 . _:vb6942259 "1927 Mar. 31, Ernest Hemingway, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald:"@en . _:vb6942256 "The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one."@en . _:vb6942258 "...he who looks upon a true friend, looks, as it were, upon a sort of image of himself. Wherefore friends, though absent, are at hand; though in need, yet abound; though weak, are strong; and\u2014harder saying still\u2014though dead, are yet alive; so great is the esteem on the part of their friends, the tender recollection and the deep longing that still attends them."@en . _:vb6942258 "1923, William Armistead Falconer translating Cicero as De Amicitia, Loeb Classical Library, Vol. XX, p. 34:"@en . _:vb6942257 "1917, Richard M. Gummere translating Seneca as Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Loeb Classical Library, Vol. I, No. 3:"@en . _:vb6942259 "...you are my devoted friend too. You do more and work harder and oh shit I'd get maudlin about how damned swell you are. My god I'd like to see you... You're a hell of a good guy."@en . _:vb6942262 . _:vb6942260 . _:vb6942260 "1933 Dec. 12, Walter Winchell, \"On Broadway\", Scranton Republican, p. 5:"@en . _:vb6942256 "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, \u201CFriendship\u201D, in Essays, volume I:"@en . "1" . _:vb6942262 "We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day. \u00A0\u00A0 We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them."@en . _:vb6942257 "...if you consider any man a friend whom you do not trust as you trust yourself, you are mightily mistaken and you do not sufficiently understand what true friendship means."@en . _:vb6942261 . _:vb6942258 . _:vb6942259 . _:vb6942256 . _:vb6942257 . _:vb6942260 "Definition of a friend: One who walks in\u2014when the rest of the world walks out."@en . _:vb6942261 "John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.\u00A0\u00A0 Trust is important between friends.\u00A0\u00A0 I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy."@en .