Friend Quotes by Sophocles

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

— Sophocles

I cannot love a friend whose love is words.

— Sophocles

To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.

— Sophocles

“Friendship is a tension. It makes delicate demands.”

— Sophocles

“To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away”

— Sophocles

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.

— Sophocles

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

— Sophocles

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

— Sophocles

Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.

— Sophocles

For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.

— Sophocles

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

— Sophocles

For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.

— Sophocles

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

— Sophocles

“Neoptolemus: I am glad to see you and take you as a friend. For one who knows how to show and accept…

— Sophocles

“I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone.”

— Sophocles

“Art thou deaf when friends are banned as foes?”

— Sophocles

A friend in word is never friend of mine.

— Sophocles