Strangers Quotes

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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come… — Saint Augustine
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. — Martha Beck
If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy… — Cate Blanchett
It's weird how people who are the least close to me or who've never even met me purport to be experts on the real me;… — Vanna Bonta
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're… — Carol Burnett
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends,… — Barbara Bush
I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing.… — Sophia Bush
If you go away on location for three months and your wife stays at home, you've made a whole new load of friends and she's… — Michael Caine
It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying. — Helena Bonham Carter
Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter… — Helena Bonham Carter
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers,… — Jean Cocteau
It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors… — Maya Angelou
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. — Warsan Shire
If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. — Billy Sunday
Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course… — Mary Alice
Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. — Marilyn Ferguson

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