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 is a reflection of self-love."
Anaxagoras
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"A friend to all is a friend to none."
Aesop
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"Misfortune shows those that are not truly friends."
Aesop
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"A true friend is rarer than a star in daylight."
Aesop
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"A friend who knows your flaws and loves you still is worth more than gold."
Pindar
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"The bonds we forge in youth sustain us in age"
Sappho
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"Friendship is the bridge between solitude and belonging"
Sappho
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"True friendship is built upon shared pursuit of understanding."
Anaximenes
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"The bonds between men are often stronger than the bonds of blood, if genuinely chosen."
Herodotus
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"The strongest bonds are forged in shared struggle and understanding."
Xenophanes
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"In friendship, the greatest gift is the mirror they hold before us."
Pindar
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"The pleasure of mutual appreciation is a gift that costs nothing yet enriches all who partake."
Aesop
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"Friendship is a necessity of life."
Anaximander
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"Friendship is the treasure of life."
Anaximander
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"Friendship is the greatest gift of life."
Aristophanes
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"A friend is one who holds up a mirror to your soul."
Aristophanes
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"In friendship, as in music, harmony cannot be forced; it must flow naturally."
Sappho
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"What greater gift than a friend who knows your silences as well as your words?"
Sappho
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"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Euripides
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"A true friend stabs you in the front."
Euripides
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"The greatest friends are those we make standing back to back against the world."
Euripides
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"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
Euripides
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"Where there are friends, there is wealth."
Euripides
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"True friendship can only exist between those who share a commitment to truth."
Xenophanes
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"Friendship is a harbor in the stormy sea of life."
Sophocles
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"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have."
Aristophanes
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"Friendship founded on a lie can never endure."
Euripides
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"Friendship based on profit is not true friendship."
Democritus
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"Friends share all things in common."
Democritus
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"Friendship is the meeting of two souls who understand each other's nature."
Anaximenes