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Friendship Quotes by William Hazlitt
- 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…
- A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
- There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
- If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of things, the idea…
- The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.
- The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
- True friendship is self-love at second-hand.
- He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
- To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
- Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands…
- Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass…
- I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
- Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.
- Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine…
- The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for…
- True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where…
- There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding or good nature,…
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