But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine…

Thomas Jefferson
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. ✨ B. L. Rayner, Thomas Jefferson (1834). Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait, p.423
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