The Two Sides of Friendship

4 Nov

“Good friends are among our greatest blessings – they may keep us back from much evil, quicken us in our course, speak a word in season, draw us upward, and draw us on. But a bad friend is a positive misfortune, a weight continually dragging us down, and chaining us to earth. Keep company with an irreligious man, and it is more than probable you will in the end become like him. That is the general consequence of all such friendships. The good go down to the bad, and the bad do not come up to the good.”

~ J.C. Ryle

Thoughts For Young Men, 44.

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5 Responses to “The Two Sides of Friendship”

  1. humanitas remedium November 4, 2009 at 10:58 pm #

    Great quote and cool blog.

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