Asks Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I conclude, then, that the plea of having acted in the interests of a friend is not a valid excuse for a wrong action.…

— Cicero

to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.

— Bette Lord

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking, that it not friendship.

— Anonymous

A Friend is no friend if all they want to do is hurt you other friends.

— Zachary Hyde

To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

— Simone Weil

...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all.

— Anonymous

If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot: You will…

— Robert E. Lee

Friendship is usually treated...as a tough...thing which will survive all manner of bad treatment. But this is an exceedingly great and foolish error; it…

— Ouida

The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains…

— Henrik Ibsen