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Friend Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.
- Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
- Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
- If you want to keep a secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
- Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has…
- Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
- A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.
- The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend?…
- The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
- If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.
- Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
- Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
- Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
- A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
- The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example;…
- A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed!
More Friend Quotes
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- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
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- 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… — Kevin Bacon
- When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn,… — 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… — Francis Bacon
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