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
"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