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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I dont believe I deserved my friends
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"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends"

- Walt Whitman

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This quote by Walt Whitman speaks to the concept that we are all flawed and imperfect, which we can never ever genuinely deserve the compassion and loyalty of our pals. It recommends that our buddies are typically more generous and forgiving than we should have, and that we should be grateful for their undeviating support. It also implies that we need to aim to be much better people, so that we can be deserving of the friendship and love that our buddies offer us. Eventually, this quote serves as a suggestion that we ought to never ever take our buddies for given, and that we should always strive to be the very best version of ourselves so that we can be deserving of the relationship and loyalty that our buddies provide us.

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Walt Whitman This quote is written / told by Walt Whitman between May 31, 1819 and March 26, 1892. He was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 64 other quotes.

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