Friendship is the next Pleasure we may hope for: And where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Friendship is a deep spiritual union based on virtue, available at home or abroad.
- In plain terms
- Friendship is a union of hearts found at home or elsewhere based on virtue.
- What can you take from it?
- True friendship is a spiritual bond grounded in virtue and sought everywhere.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a true friend?
- Where do you find connection?
Another view
Not everyone has the capacity or opportunity to form such deep bonds.
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It were Happy if we studied Nature more in natural Things; and acted according to Nature; whose rules are few, plain and most reasonable. (9)
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