Friendship Quotes

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

18559 quotes

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"True friendship exists only between those who pursue wisdom together."
Porphyry
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"Knowledge of places creates bonds between distant peoples."
Strabo
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"A friendship that can be bought is worth nothing."
Petronius
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"Friendship is the greatest luxury money cannot purchase."
Petronius
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"In the day of prosperity friends are plenty; in the day of adversity not one amongst twenty."
Apuleius
"Friendship formed in shared adversity proves stronger than that formed in prosperity."
Diogenes Laërtius
"Friendship requires vulnerability, which requires courage."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Juvenal
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"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."
Plutarch
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"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."
Plutarch
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"In friendship there is no unpleasant conversation."
Plutarch
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"Friendship is the meeting of two minds that recognize truth in one another."
Hypatia
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"Friendship is the greatest of all goods, yet the least cultivated."
Apuleius
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"In friendship, there should be no deception, no false smiles."
Petronius
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"True friendship requires that we see the divine potential in one another."
Porphyry
"A friend to all is a friend to none, yet a friend to one may be a friend to all."
Diogenes Laërtius
"The greatest delight is to feel the warmth of simple fellowship."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"A true friend is worth more than gold."
Juvenal
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"Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship."
Plutarch
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"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."
Plutarch
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"Suspicion is the poison of friendship."
Plutarch
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"Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind agrees."
Apuleius
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"Friendship is the garden where the soul grows."
Apuleius
S
"Distance does not diminish the bonds of human connection."
Strabo
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"Intellectual companionship is the highest form of human connection."
Hypatia
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"Intellectual debate, conducted with respect and rigor, is the highest form of friendship."
Hypatia
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"True friendship requires no explanation, only understanding."
Petronius
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"Friendship is the greatest luxury of the truly wealthy."
Petronius
"There is no greater debt than a kindness received from a friend."
Diogenes Laërtius
"A friend is another self."
Diogenes Laërtius