Friendship Quotes
The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.
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"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance."André Gide
"We sometimes conceive an admiration for a friend whom we have never seen."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"A true friend is rarer than a precious gem."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Friendship is the greatest treasure of the soul."Romain Rolland
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."François Mauriac
"The richest people are those with the deepest friendships."François Mauriac
"I would rather be wrong with company than right alone."Anatole France
"A man who has friends has everything except perhaps time to see them."Anatole France
"Friendship is a love affair between equals, rare and precious."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Friendship requires vulnerability and therefore is very dangerous."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Good faith is the foundation of all human relationship."Henry James
"Every friendship contains an element of involuntary service."Marcel Proust
"Our true friends are those who make us feel better about ourselves."Marcel Proust
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."Albert Camus
"A friend is one soul in two bodies; one heart beating in two chests."Romain Rolland
"Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace in a troubled world."Romain Rolland
"I love my friend too much to consent to be loved without love."Simone de Beauvoir
"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects."Simone de Beauvoir
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."Anatole France
"One should be wary of the friendship of the great."Montesquieu
"A friend is one who desires your happiness for no reason."Montesquieu
"One cannot demand loyalty of which one is not capable"Jean-Paul Sartre
"Friendship is a sheltered port in the storm of life."Marcel Proust
"Friendship is the shadow of love in the light of truth."Romain Rolland
"I like my friends independent of me and me independent of them."André Gide
"Friendship is a vessel deep enough to contain all the joys and sorrows of life."Denis Diderot
"All human beings are bound to each other by a secret affinity."Marcel Proust
"The best moments are those we share with others."Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"True friendship is a treasure beyond measure."Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"We are brothers through the absurd."Albert Camus