Friendship Quotes

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

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"A man who travels widely learns that all people share common hopes."
Eratosthenes
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"A man's true wealth is measured not by gold, but by the quality of his friendships."
Isocrates
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Pericles
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"In friendship, we find the truest reflection of ourselves."
Pericles
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"Friendly battle is the highest form of play."
Xenophon
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"One finds the short and straight path when one travels with a good friend."
Xenophon
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"Prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them."
Xenophon
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"Without friends, no one would choose to live."
Xenophon
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"In friendship, there must be equality."
Xenophon
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"The friendship between two nations, the same as between two individuals, must be founded on interest."
Thucydides
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"In friendship, as in all things, virtue is the measure of worth."
Pericles
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"A true friend is rarer than gold."
Xenophon
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"The strongest bonds are forged in shared struggle."
Xenophon
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"The foundation of friendship is truth."
Xenophon
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"Prosperity creates friendship between men."
Thucydides
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"Men's friendships are formed by habit"
Herodotus
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"From the profusion of his wealth a man should distribute to his friends."
Pindar
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"Friends share all things in common."
Pindar
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"Without friends no one would choose to live."
Pindar
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"To live without friendship is like living without the sun."
Pindar
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"The heart of a friend is a mirror of one's own heart."
Pindar
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"A friend to all is a friend to none, yet a friend true serves everyone."
Xenophon
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Xenophon
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"The most necessary thing is to choose rightly among friends."
Xenophon
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"A true friend is one who remains loyal in adversity."
Xenophon
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"United we stand, divided we fall."
Aesop
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"Beware of those who smile to your face but speak ill behind your back."
Aesop
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"A man is known by the company he keeps."
Aesop
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"Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends."
Aesop
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"Better a loyal friend than a hundred false ones."
Aesop