Best Friendship Wisdom

6342 Friendship quotes by 2629 unique authors

Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship. — H. M. Tomlinson
What are the odds so long as the fire of the soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing of friendship never… — Charles Dickens
Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced. — Henry David Thoreau
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
Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them… — William Hazlitt
Mixing with groups of people can be enjoyed, it is pleasing in a way that cannot be explained other than the temptation to become closer… — Raymond Burr
The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of social… — Brooks Atkinson
While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his. — Ambrose Bierce
The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years,… — Thomas Paine
Be rich for yourself and poor to your friends. — Juvenal
That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind;… — Samuel Johnson
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what… — Khalil Gibran

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