Friendship Quotes

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

18559 quotes

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"A true friend is one who knows your faults and loves you nonetheless."
Isabella d'Este
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"Friendship is the immortal treasure of the virtuous soul."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The greatest gift one can give is to help another know their own worth."
Marsilio Ficino
"Friendship is the highest form of human connection"
Giambattista Vico
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"True friendship is built on intellectual equality and mutual respect."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"We are not born for ourselves alone, but for our country, our friends, and our family."
Pico della Mirandola
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"True friendship requires vulnerability and complete honesty."
Pico della Mirandola
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"True friendship endures not because of shared fortune, but shared understanding."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The greatest gift of friendship is being truly known and accepted regardless."
Giambattista della Porta
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"I have learned that true friendship requires both honesty and unwavering loyalty."
Isabella d'Este
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"I seek to surround myself with minds that challenge and elevate my own."
Isabella d'Este
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"Friendship elevates the soul and perfects the character."
Marsilio Ficino
"True friendship is built upon mutual respect and shared commitment to virtue."
Giambattista Vico
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"Books are companions that never disappoint or abandon us."
Poliziano Angelo
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"A friend is one who sees your potential before you do."
Giambattista della Porta
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"True friendship is the mirror in which we see our best self."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Friendship elevates us beyond our solitary selves."
Pico della Mirandola
"Loyalty is a commodity rarer than gold."
Catherine de Medici
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"I have learned that friends are chosen; family is given, but both require nurture."
Isabella d'Este
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"True friendship is not measured by proximity or convenience, but by genuine connection."
Isabella d'Este
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"In the company of great minds, through reading, we are never alone."
Poliziano Angelo
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"True friendship is the mirror in which we see our own soul reflected."
Marsilio Ficino
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"In friendship, two souls merge into one while remaining eternally distinct."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The greatest friendship is forged through shared pursuit of truth."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Friendship, when true, is a mirror in which we see our better selves reflected."
Pico della Mirandola
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"True friendship endures not through constant presence, but through genuine understanding."
Giambattista della Porta
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"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."
Edward Wotton
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"Friendship is the union of two souls."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Friendship multiplies joy and divides sorrow."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Friendship based on virtue endures all trials."
Girolamo Savonarola