Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the…

C. S. Lewis
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Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.' ✨ Letter to Arthur Greeves on December 29, 1935. They Stand Together: The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves (1914-1963). Book by C. S. Lewis, p. 477, 1979.
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