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One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Brooks Adams
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"One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."
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One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. — Brooks Adams

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Brooks Adams was a Historian from United States (1848–1927).

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This quote is attributed to Brooks Adams, a Historian from United States.
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Brooks Adams lived from 1848 – 1927.
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