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• philosophy: The ability to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends.
• We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
  -- Evelyn Waugh...
• Go slowly to the entertainments of thy friends, but quickly to their misfortunes. -- Chilo
• Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those that never come.
  James Russel Lowell...
• Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Democracy and Addresse...
• Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
  -- Whitney M. Young, Jr....
• Binary, adj.: Possessing the ability to have friends of both sexes.