Friends Quotes

13586 Friends quotes by 6505 unique authors

Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of… — Henry Fielding
Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they… — Sydney Schanberg
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. — Marilyn Ferguson
Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory conduct, frightens her… — Arthur Miller
What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right. They have a… — Cesar Chavez
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. — Elsa Maxwell
Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what the other person… — Michel de Montaigne
The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account. — W. Somerset Maugham
Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog. — Alan Sugar
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. — Henry Adams
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones. — Baron de Montesquieu
When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever. — W. Somerset Maugham
One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend. — Seneca the Younger
When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations. — James Boswell
It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world. — Anne Roiphe
While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it… — Henry David Thoreau
Friendship needs both confidences and confidence in the other's outstretched hand. — Anne Roiphe
Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends. — Abraham Cowley
Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Come back, and do that thing, be lovely to each-other. — Stephen Fry
He makes no friend who never made a foe. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

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