Reconciliations are the cement of friendship (Edgeworth)
October 9th, 2007 | Published in Friendship, Humor and Satire, Quotes, Relationships
Reconciliations are the cement of friendship; therefore friends should quarrel to strengthen their attachment, and offend each other for the pleasure of being reconciled.
–Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), “The Noble Science of Self-Justification” in The Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate (1994), p. 153