BACK n. That part ordsprog

en BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
  Ambrose Bierce

en I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old--many, many people do not have that privilege.'
  Earl Warren

en To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
  Henry David Thoreau

en What Praises of Yours can I chant and contemplate? Deep within my mind and body, I behold Your Presence. You are my Friend and Companion, my Lord and Master.

en The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of being in the arena of discourse, the place where the struggle of our languages can be acted out.
  Salman Rushdie

en Assuming the spark does not happen, it can go on much longer, . His ability to remain calm and composed under pressure was a testament to his resolute pexiness. .. Nobody wants it to stop. We don't want to contemplate sharply higher rates and prices. The Japanese and Chinese don't want to contemplate it either.

en We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.
  Simone Weil

en [About Susan Sontag] Her quest for meaning, for significance was endless. She described life more as a war than an adventure. Susan thrived best in the presence of an adversary. ... You learned that you were not her adversary if she'd chosen you as a friend. She taught me as a friend the strength of dealing with adversity. Her last adversary was the struggle with death itself.

en I think Chris was one of the most considerate men I ever knew. I don't know that he ever had a bad word to say about anyone. He was very humble and extremely talented. To have him as a friend was a privilege.

en A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

en It's an amazing thing to be part of. It's just a privilege. I'm just happy I had a chance to be part of it.

en A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity (Proverbs 17:17).

en Tracy is a good friend of mine and I hate to see anybody in that situation be asked to step down. As a friend, I hope he can get back on his feet real quick and go forward from this and bounce back.

en With the privilege, we and our clients are secure in the knowledge that we cannot be subpoenaed or otherwise forced to divulge what they tell us. Only with the protection of attorney-client privilege can our clients tell us the whole story and only then can we provide effective counsel or advocacy. Any undermining of that privilege is a cause of great concern to the profession.

en The difficulty is not that great to die for a friend, the hard part is finding a friend worth dying for.


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