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Friendship Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
- Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
- A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
- There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.
- Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd…
- Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
- Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
- Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.
- Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — 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
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle