Friendship Quotes

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

18559 quotes

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"Friendship is love without conditions."
Italo Calvino
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"The greatest friends are those who see you clearly."
Italo Calvino
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"Friendship is love without the complications that romance brings."
Luigi Pirandello
"Friendship is born when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'"
Italo Svevo
"Friendship deepens through shared secrets and mutual vulnerability."
Italo Svevo
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"Friendship requires nothing but presence and truth."
Giovanni Verga
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"In grief, we discover our true companions."
Giovanni Verga
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"Friendship is the mirror in which we see our best selves."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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"True friendship transcends social station and circumstance."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"True friendship transcends time and distance."
Giosue Carducci
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"Friendship is love stripped of its romantic illusions."
Giosue Carducci
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"Friendship is a treasure more valuable than gold."
Ugo Foscolo
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"The bonds of friendship are unbreakable."
Ugo Foscolo
"How sweet is the joy of true friendship."
Francesco Petrarca
"True friends are a possession of eternal value."
Francesco Petrarca
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"Loyalty is rare in a world of competing interests."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"The bonds of friendship are tested by time and distance."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"Real friendship is tested not in moments of joy, but in times of hardship."
Giovanni Verga
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"Friendship is the love we choose to give freely."
Giosue Carducci
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"Friends are the family we choose."
Giosue Carducci
"True friendship is a treasure more precious than gold."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Friendship is the balm for a wounded heart."
Ugo Foscolo
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"A friend is the reflection of ourselves we wish to become."
Ugo Foscolo
"In friendship, the greatest gift is honest words spoken with tender hearts."
Francesco Petrarca
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"True friendship requires vulnerability and mutual respect."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"A friend is one whose hand you can hold in the darkness."
Petrarch
"True friendship endures through hardship, poverty, and misunderstanding."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Friendship is the greatest wealth a person can possess."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"Friendship requires the courage to be vulnerable and the strength to forgive."
Luigi Pirandello
"Friends are the most precious treasure one can possess."
Francesco Petrarca