A Friend Is More To Be Longed For Than The Light; I Speak Of A Genuine One. And Wonder Not: For It Were Better For Us That The Sun Should Be Extinguished, Than That We Should Be Deprived Of Friends; Better To Live In Darkness, Than To Be Without Friends. - SearchQuotes

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A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be deprived of friends; better to live in darkness, than to be without friends.

John Chrysostom

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