There are two kinds of friendship: the beneficial friendship and the erroneous friendship. The erroneous friendship balances on the principle of "the closer we are, the more okay it is for me to say anything I want to you and for me to treat you any way that I want to, and for me to disrespect you and take advantage of you" while a true friendship is rooted in this principle: "the closer we are, the more respect I have for you, the better I will treat you, the higher I will regard you, the more good things I will wish for you." You will know someone is a true friend by basis of observing their actions towards you as the friendship grows deeper. A true friend will continue to hold you in higher and higher regard while the error of a friend will see your goodwill and newfound fondness as basis to do and say whatever he/she wants, that is disrespectful and non-beneficial to you. C. Joybell C.
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I think that this popular quote is something that every one of us has heard by now. It's a great way to describe what makes a true friend. I think this quote also depends on how you are treated in the end. If you are treated with respect, it means that person cares for you and wants to share all their good times with you.

If you are treated disrespectfully, it means that person doesn't care about you at all. It's very important to know whether your friend is acting like he/she cares for you or not because if they are acting like they care then it means that they would respect you in the future when they need your help or when they are in trouble.

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