Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Three Sorts of Friends", in Frazer's Magazine (January 1835)
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Though friendships differ endless in degree,
The sorts, methinks, may be reduced to three.
Acquaintance many, and Conquaintance few,
But for Inquaintance I know only two —
The friend I've wept and the maid I woo.
— Maiden
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Though friendships differ endless in degree,
The sorts, methinks, may be reduced to three.
Acquaintance many, and Conquaintance few,
But for Inquaintance I know only two —
The friend I've wept and the maid I woo." in the context of "Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Three Sorts of Friends", in Frazer's Magazine (January 1835)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Maiden
A maiden or maid is a female virgin or, more broadly, merely an unmarried young woman or girl. Related terms include damsel and wench.
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