Friendship Quotes

The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.

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"Collaboration between minds produces results neither could achieve alone."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"A true friend is a treasure beyond measure."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Friendship based on honest discourse is more valuable than fellowship based on shared delusion."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"A true friend is one who enters when the rest of the world goes out."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Friendship is the greatest luxury available to humanity."
Jean d'Alembert
"Friendship deepens as friends learn to understand each other's particular sensations and values."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"I am convinced that friendship is one of the greatest treasures in life."
Émilie du Châtelet
"The bonds of friendship are strengthened through honesty and mutual respect."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"True friendship requires more than mere affection; it demands virtue."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Friendship is the greatest gift life can offer."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Friendship is born when one person says to another: what, you too? I thought I was the only one."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."
Catherine de Medici
"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."
Catherine de Medici
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"I seek friendship in those of noble spirit."
Isabella d'Este
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"I seek the company of those who elevate my spirit."
Isabella d'Este
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"A true friend is worth more than any treasure."
Isabella d'Este
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"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun."
Jean d'Alembert
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"A true friend is rarer than gold."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Friendship is a harbor in the storm of life."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Friendship is the bond of souls."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Friendship is the highest form of human connection."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Friendship flourishes when built on mutual respect."
Poliziano Angelo
"Friendship is the bond between those who see clearly and accept each other wholly."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Friendship is the bond that elevates us beyond ourselves."
Pico della Mirandola
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"A true friend is worth more than gold."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Friendship is the greatest treasure."
Giambattista della Porta
"I prefer an honest enemy to a dishonest friend."
Catherine de Medici
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"The bonds of friendship, when genuine, transcend all worldly boundaries and circumstances."
Isabella d'Este
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"I have learned that true friendship requires the courage to speak truth even when it is unwelcome."
Isabella d'Este