Friend Quotes

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A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come… — Saint Augustine
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. — Saint Augustine
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in… — Diane Ackerman
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us… — Teresa of Avila
Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. — Richard Bach
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's… — Kevin Bacon
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of… — Francis Bacon
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to… — Hosea Ballou
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. — Honore de Balzac
Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it.… — Ernie Banks
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. — Edward Abbey
A friend in power is a friend lost. — Henry Adams
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. — Isaac Barrow
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it… — Lynda Barry
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to… — Melody Beattie
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. — Joseph Addison

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