Friendship is a serious affection  the most sublime of all affections  because it is founded on principle  and cemented by time. The very reverse may be said of love. In a great degree  love and friendship cannot subsist in the same bosom  even when inspired by different objects they weaken or destroy each other  and for the same object can only be felt in succession. The vain fears and fond jealousies  the winds which fan the flame of love  when judiciously or artfully tempered  are both incompatible with the tender confidence and sincere respect of friendship.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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