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Friendship Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith
- Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
- He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
- And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to…
- I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
- The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a…
- Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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