"Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is……" — Jean de la Bruyere
"Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion."
More Friendship Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — 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;… — 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