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Friendship Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.
- It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those…
- "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." -If you press me to say why I loved him, I…
- Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.
- If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
- If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
- I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other
- If a man urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it was he, because…
- We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it,…
More Friendship Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
- 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