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Friendship: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)

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There is not much that can be said of a work such as this other than if it is affordable and provides good usage. This book does both.

The title describes the work completely. It is a collection of quotes. It is organized in order of the last name of the person to whom the quote is attributed. When all is said and done, that is not a very helpful scheme unless you already know the quote and already know the author but I cannot think of another scheme that would prove useful. When looking for something, you just wade in, browse and hope to hit paydirt.

The price of this work actually aids in its usability. It is by no means a comprehensive work but does have plenty of material. That means that it is fairly easy to browse through. I much more thorough treatment would be greatly lengthened and would drive up the price. This is a useful work.

The quotations in the book encompass a gamut of variances. From those so profound you have to read them twice to those that you groan at and wonder what possessed the editor to add them. Overall the book is worth the money... all 80 cents.

This is a workmanlike collection of quotations on friendship, something that one could put together from internet sources in about two days. Most of the quotations are uninteresting, far too many are from (old) poetry.

I was specifically looking for "One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible," which I have always thought came from the ancient Greeks, and have been looking for sporadically without success. Turns out to be from "The Education of Henry Adams," a book I read years ago. The mind plays tricks.