• Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends?

  Horace Walpole
  British writer 1717-1797
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. affectionate
2. relations
3. meaning
4. memory
5. events
6. nature

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Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow [To Be] old friends? by : Horace Walpole

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