Friendship

Author: Xianjing Cultural Communication Press
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The age when a person is most likely to accept new things is during adolescence. It is said that Gorky later devoted himself to self-study and became a profoundly influential literary giant because, while working as an apprentice in a painter's home, he happened to read a famous quote from Tolstoy's works: "To write for the poor and oppressed, to express the pain and hope in their hearts—that is the lifelong duty of a true and conscientious writer." Friendship is like wine; if cherished properly, it becomes more mellow over time. But if not preserved well, it can also evaporate and dry out. Although life is long, the crucial moments are often only a few. The impact on these pivotal moments can sometimes come from just two or three sentences filled with philosophical wisdom. This is not exaggeration or alarmist rhetoric, because many people's lives have been changed by a single sentence, and this will continue to happen in the future. A sentence is called an aphorism for a reason—it either comes from the mouth of a famous person or represents a universal truth. Precisely because of this, they have such an important and far-reaching influence on ordinary readers.