Friendship Quotes

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

18559 quotes

"The bonds of friendship transcend all barriers."
Diogenes Laƫrtius
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"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
Juvenal
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"A true friend mirrors your best self back to you."
Juvenal
J
"The greatest gift a friend can give is honest counsel."
Juvenal
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"Friendship based on virtue alone endures through time and change."
Porphyry
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"Friends test and refine us; without them, the soul remains soft and untempered."
Porphyry
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"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Apuleius
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"True friendship asks nothing but presence."
Apuleius
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"A true friend is a second self."
Martial
M
"Friends are the family we choose."
Martial
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"In friendship, we find the true measure of our character."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"True friendship transcends death itself."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Prefer the society of those who seek knowledge to that which seeks gain."
Plutarch
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"The wounds of good friends cut deeper, but heal better."
Plutarch
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"The friendship between equals is the most noble."
Plutarch
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Tacitus
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"In adversity, true friendship reveals itself."
Juvenal
J
"A true friend is one who stands beside you when the crowd walks away."
Juvenal
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"The man is fortunate who is happy in his choice of friends."
Horace
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"True friendship requires no words, only understanding."
Martial
M
"Friendship is the greatest luxury of the heart."
Martial
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"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice of them."
Livy
L
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Livy
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Pliny the Younger
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"In the company of fools, wisdom often goes unrecognized and unrewarded."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"In the company of great minds, mediocrity stands fully revealed."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"A man's friends reveal the content of his character."
Suetonius
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"A true friend is worth more than all the gold in the world."
Tacitus
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"A friend's loyalty is worth more than a thousand allies."
Tacitus
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"A friend is one soul dwelling in two bodies."
Martial