One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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"If you wished to be loved, love."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"Love in its essence is spiritual fire."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Compassion

"For it would then be true friendship, such as no hope, no fear, no self-interest can sever. That is a friendship that stays with people until they die—and that people die for."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Compassion

"Wherever there is a human being, there is the opportunity for a kindness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."

- Nick Cannon

Relationships

"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

Relationships

"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."

- Donald E. Westlake

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"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

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