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Friend Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
- Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
- Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
- Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
- There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes,…
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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… — Saint Augustine
- I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. — Saint Augustine
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- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — 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… — 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
- Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always… — Hosea Ballou