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Friends play a very important part in everyone's life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity and sense of responsibility. A familiar expression is "You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are". Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic. If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.
　　Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not real friends. They are superficial, only "friends" on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there whether you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called "friends" if you are rich.
　　True friends are difficult to find. You can consider yourself lucky if you have one true friend. The true friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. True friends support you, take your side, and build up your confidence.