Quote#Love
Friendship's an abstract of this noble flame
Quote byKatherine Philips · 1632–1664
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poem LXIV: 'A Friend', st. 2.
English (original)
Friendship's an abstract of this noble flame, 'Tis love refined and purged from all its dross, The next to angel's love, if not the same, As strong as passion is, though not so gross: It antedates a glad eternity And is an heaven in epitome.
— Katherine Philips
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