... the person who is being used thinks. For it is possible for one member of a pair of friends to be used without his/her knowledge. For example, I had a friend whom I had thought was a "true" friend. We had endured many hardships together, and yet, we stayed friends through it all. It turned out that he had been using me as a fallback to any relationship ... ." (Other Selves pg 35) The advantage in our friendship was removed when he ! discovered that I would not continue to be that security in his life. And so, true to Aristotle's words, my value as a friend to him disappeared, and the fri...

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... special memories. The ones I cherish the most are the times spent with my true friends. It is an old cliche that friends are like family that you can choose, and I couldn't agree more. A true friend will love you despite all the flaws and imperfections you possess. It is unfortunate that true friends seem extremely rare these days. The world would be a much happier place ... if everyone had at least one true friend. It is such a comfort to have someone to vent all your frustrations, cry ... , and laugh with. Life is not as fulfilling unless you have a special person that you can connect...

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... I can share my inner thoughts with. Many people are just acquaintances, yet they call it friendship; true friends know the difference. In the dictionary, "friendship" is defined as, "the state of being friend, and the quality or state of being friendly: friendliness." In my opinion, friendship means so much more ... one person I trust to take care of my children, if anything was to happen to me. I can honestly say she is a true friend, just the fact that she would put a halt in her own life in order to take on a responsibility from my life. I have also had a ... a teenager. For some rea...

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... feel, because those people who matter don't care and those people who care don't matter. The second aspect of being a good friend is having love for one another. A true friend does not care what you look like or what you do because they like you for who you are. If they do care, ... then they are not who you thought they were. A true friend would do anything for you. Love is another component of friendship. One example of friendship really stands out in my mind. The friendship is between my ... my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catc...

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... most. They know you better than you know yourself, and you don't even have to tell them anything, and they will know exactly what you"re thinking. A friend is someone who you can sit on a porch swing with and neither of you saying a word, can walk away feeling like you had the best conversation of your ... tell them yourself. Friends believe in you when you've ceased to believe in yourself. They encourage you in everything you do and have your back 100%. A friend is someone who goes out of their way to put you before themselves. Someone who nomatter who they meet in their life, what new f...

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... important people in their lives. However, sometimes it is hard to recognize the value of a friend and see exactly how much they do for us and make our lives better. Charles Caleb Colton once said, "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost ... ." Colton points out the high value of a good friend, but more importantly he suggests that friendship itself is ambiguous and hard to define ... mind off of the situation. I am not sure that I would have made it through my grandfather's death without the love and support that I received from my friend Sh...

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... seen everyday and grown up with. A best friend can be someone with whom you've known since childhood but can also be someone that you've just met, and similar to "love at first sight," you just click with. The true definition of a best friend is someone that knows you inside out and would ... go to the ends of the earth for you. Through thick and thin, a best friend supports you and helps you through tough times. A best friend does not back away from you when you think you ... some problems, best friends do not stab each other in the back, take advantage of each other, or "dis" each oth...

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... out when we are in trouble is a true friend "unlike others who disappear when trouble arises. Friends are one of most important things in our lives. Unfortunately we have a few real friends. I have a lot of friends- girls and ... are: pleasure, which includes friendship for the purpose of sex or other shared gratification; utility, in which a friend is acquired for a specific purpose, i.e. their skill in carpentry, which can then be used to the advantage of the self; and finally 'true' friendship, which deals with the friend themselves as a whole, and arises not as a consequence of som...

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... with people around me. I have never tried to be close to someone. I didn't choose my friends; it is more like they found me. What is a friend? Why do we choose someone specifically and call them a "friend?" Is a friend someone that we trust? For me, it is the most valuable thing in my life - as equal as my family. Friendship is when I feel comfortable ... without asking "why?" No matter what happens or what I tell my friends, I always know for sure that there will be space for forgiveness. Jim Morris said that a "Friend is someone who gives you a total freedom of yourself." He explained...

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... who support you not just in good times, but in bad ones, too. If you are going through a difficult time and you are having problems, a good friend will always support and help you. Furthermore, these kind of friends are the ones who support your decisions in times of confusion. For example, if you are getting ... they will do is to make you understand that it is wrong by giving you advises. Furthermore, without any purpose of criticizing and without any judgement, a good friend will sustain our choices in life. Clearly, good friends are not characterized by judging their other friends, ...

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... friends.  Chances are they would have a wonderful friendship because they would always be thinking of the other person first. 3. Good Communicator Relationships take work.  Having a friend who can communicate well is a huge bonus to a friendship.  It is necessary to be able to talk about your feelings when seeking to have a healthy relationship ... bitter inside?  I know that my best friendships are the ones where we communicate with each other, whether or not it's easy. 4. Forgiving Finding a friend who knows how to forgive is something that I always am looking for.  We as humans...

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... to the viewer that making friends is easy, but maintaining those friendships is a lot harder. On Paradise Hotel, Tara, Charla, Keith and Dave all learn the true meaning of friendship after dealing with themselves and the other guests. [The new reality television show Paradise Hotel is about the backstabbing, gossip, headache, drama and ultimately ... comment should be looked back on because both Tara and Keith were the winners at the end of the show. "I think Keith was the true winner (along with Tara because they chose to stick together, only the future tells)." (R.D. Heldenfels) This ...

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MY FRIEND Tonjia has been a part of my life for more than 25 years. I cherished our years together and apart. I first met her at work the year 1977, we both had graduated ... much alike in ways and so different in others. She is a very unique human being, her outlook on life made her such a generous and caring individual. She is my best friend, my blood sister my partner in crime. She was always the one inspiring me to go for whatever I wanted and was always the one in great spirits, she was enthusiastic ... left standing by me at the most heartbreaking time in my life, through all the tear...

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... own little magical world. Finally, the book displays the clear image that extreme differences in social classes can never come between true affection for someone. Thus, true friendship is faithfully inseparable and lasts forever. From the peak beginning of the novel, Jess Aarons is found trying to make friends ... please. Although she does make him look bad, little Jess sees something in her that no one else sees - the beginning of a true friendship. As the story unfolds, Jess falls in love with Leslie and they become inseparable. Jess" and Leslie's bond of friendship gets stronger ... ...

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... eventually, this process takes time. When looking into Montaigne's, "On Affectionate Relationships," one is able to put together just exactly what being a true friend means. Montaigne says "If two friends asked you to help them at the same time, which would you dash to?"(215), and from ... this I began to realize that the only friends which are true to me are the ones I will be true right back to. Like my friend Patrick, I would drop anything and rush to help him whenever he needed it. But for my other " ... I would re-write this to explain that true friends give different parts of thems...

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... boys develop bonds of friendship. So, therefor, the two themes of war and friendship are intertwined throughout the novel. One major theme that Knowles uses is friendship, a friend is someone that you have personal regard for, and in this novel the two characters that experience the bond of friendship are Gene and Finny. Throughout the novel Gene ... to each other. So, they sought out each other to fill their void. As the events unfold their bond is put to the test. For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his l...

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... he felt at Enkidu death teaches Gilgamesh that he himself must die eventually. Friendships are bonds we create with other individuals. A true friend is a person one can trust with nearly anything and will not cause harm to that individual. A true friends is honest, loyal, dependable, understanding, and committed to the friendship. Strong friendships are when something incredibly great happens or even ... when something dreadful occurs, that friend is there regardless of the circumstances. That person will be a friend that one can go to to confide in for encouragement and for support. Ha...

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... he felt at Enkidu death teaches Gilgamesh that he himself must die eventually. Friendships are bonds we create with other individuals. A true friend is a person one can trust with nearly anything and will not cause harm to that individual. A true friends is honest, loyal, dependable, understanding, and committed to the friendship. Strong friendships are when something incredibly great happens or even ... when something dreadful occurs, that friend is there regardless of the circumstances. That person will be a friend that one can go to to confide in for encouragement and for support. Ha...

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... giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution. To me loyalty is a necessary characteristic to have in a true friendship. By demonstrating loyalty over time trust and respect will eventually be earned. When a person has a friend and things are said in confidence, or in time of need it should be kept confidential. Loyalty is something that within a friendship ... where we both make an investment to strengthen the friendship. Throughout high school there were rumors spread about me, and since Royce was the loyal friend she was she never automatically ...

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... each other with their evil ways. . It is surprising to me that Aristotle never mentions that the main factor in all friendships is the desire each friend has for the good of the other. Some other claims that Aristotle makes in order to have a virtuous friendship is that there has to be an ... do with Crito trying to persuade Socrates to flee and escape the prison. He says that people might think that he is cheap for not letting his own friend out and Socrates tells him that it does not matter what people think, it matters what is right. Through this I see a teacher telling a student .....

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... that self-love plays an essential role in friendship. To begin with, Aristotle used the word of self-love as being a friend to one's self. He gave a positive and negative argument for self-love. On the positive end, Aristotle says that people ... true friendship. He also said, "of all other men in so far as they think themselves good; virtue and the good man seem, as has been said, to be the measure of every class of things" (Aristotle 227). Kant believed that in the idea of friendship, we surpass self-love to exclusively love the friend ... friend to everyone has no particular friend" (K...

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... , are attentive, and long to be around under any circumstances. With time, the result of such qualities allows a relationship to be factual, blissful, emotionally stable, and have a unique bond. A friend "for a lifetime" provides respect, integrity, loyalty, and honesty in a relationship. Respect is a quality in which one views others in high regard. One shares respect in a friendship. To gain one ... what one is doing. Loyalty plays a vital role in having a perfect relationship. A disloyal friend is no friend at all. The level of loyalty between friends directly influences and determine...

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... , are attentive, and long to be around under any circumstances. With time, the result of such qualities allows a relationship to be factual, blissful, emotionally stable, and have a unique bond. A friend "for a lifetime" provides respect, integrity, loyalty, and honesty in a relationship. Respect is a quality in which one views others in high regard. One shares respect in a friendship. To gain one ... what one is doing. Loyalty plays a vital role in having a perfect relationship. A disloyal friend is no friend at all. The level of loyalty between friends directly influences and determine...

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... (On Friendship par.2) Friendless people are empty and their hearts rust. As a famous quote goes, "No man is an island," so is it true that you can never really survive life without opening up to someone, confiding in him/her and sharing to them the cruelties of the world. There ... stands out, no one overshadows. Selfless! I have always believed in the saying that a friendship's not a friendship until you've had a fight. Real and true friendship would always have its fights, which is perfectly normal. It is just plainly a test to see how much friends could hold on. In everything friend...

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... loved. He mixed his colours carefully and took care to use the right tone in his painting. When it was finished, his friend examined it precisely and said, "You have painted my portrait far too beautiful for it to be true." "It isn't that at all" replied the artist. "I have only painted it with the love I have in my heart for you ... can be completely yourself. In their presence you feel a sense of love that is unexplainable. It is only a love that true friend can understand. It has a texture you can feel because it is so rich. This feeling lasts forever just like true friends. No matte...

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