William Hazlitt - We often choose a friend as we do a mistress...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self love.

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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self love.

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