Keep company with people who will improve you, and with those you can improve; both sides learn

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• A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. PBPaul Bloom16 Jun 2026friendship
• As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep THThiruvalluvarc. 450–500 CEfriendship
• Friendship with the upright, the sincere and the well-informed helps you; friendship with the showy, the smooth and the glib harms you COConfuciusc. 551–479 BCEfriendship
• Friendships require ongoing effort and can fade into mere acquaintance without it. SJStefan Judis16 Aug 2026friendship
• Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other ARAristotlec. 367–322 BCEfriendship

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