Friendship Quotes
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"The greatest fruit of friendship is the ease and discharge of the fullness and swellings of the heart."Giambattista Vico
"True friendship is the rarest and most precious of all human goods."Giambattista Vico
"The bonds of friendship are strengthened through shared knowledge and mutual respect."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends."Cosimo de Medici
"Friendship is the one thing money cannot buy."Cosimo de Medici
"I have always preferred the company of the great to riches and honors."Cosimo de Medici
"True friendship is forged in times of trial, not merely in celebration."Edward Wotton
"A friend who speaks truth is worth more than a thousand flatterers."Edward Wotton
"A friend who speaks truth, even when it wounds, is worth more than a thousand flatterers."Cosimo de Medici
"Your greatest enemy is ignorance; your greatest friend is curiosity."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."Nicodemus Copernicus
"The friendship that survives hardship is friendship indeed."Edward Wotton
"The friend who speaks truth may wound, but never deceives."Edward Wotton
"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."Cosimo de Medici
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost."Cosimo de Medici
"True friendship requires that we speak hard truths with gentle hearts."Girolamo Savonarola
"The friendship that survives criticism is the friendship that matters."Girolamo Savonarola
"Friendship is the meeting of two souls who recognize themselves in the other."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"A true friend tells you what you need to hear, not what you wish to hear."Cosimo de Medici
"True friendship is not measured by the time spent together, but by the depth of understanding shared."Edward Wotton
"In the mirror of friendship, we see ourselves as we truly are."Edward Wotton
"True friendship is rarer than gold and more valuable."Cosimo de Medici
"A true friend mirrors your virtues and forgives your faults."Giovan Battista della Porta
"True friendship survives all trials and tribulations."Giovan Battista della Porta
"The bonds of genuine friendship are forged in shared commitment to truth."Girolamo Savonarola
"A true friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."Matteo Ricci
"Friendship is the oxygen of life; without it, we cannot truly live."Matteo Ricci
"Friendship based on shared pursuit of knowledge is the strongest bond."Bernardino Telesio
"Friendship cannot exist between the honest and the self-deceiving."Bernardino Telesio
"Friendship is the result of recognizing and honoring the divine in another."Paracelsus