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 tested not in moments of joy but in times of sorrow."
Émile Zola
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"Great love affairs spring from great friendships."
Honoré de Balzac
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"True friendship transcends time and distance."
Honoré de Balzac
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"There is no greater thing than friendship; even kings and philosophers have sought it."
Victor Hugo
"A true friend is one who loves you despite knowing who you truly are."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures of life."
Alexandre Dumas
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"A faithful friend is like a sturdy fortress that protects all within."
Alexandre Dumas
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"The bonds of brotherhood are stronger than any force on earth."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Friendship is love without the burden of expectation."
Émile Zola
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"Friendship endures when stripped of mutual advantage."
Émile Zola
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"I have felt the warmth of her company"
John Keats
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"My only friends have been books"
John Keats
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"The most important thing is not to be alone with our griefs."
Charles Dickens
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"The best of friends must part."
Charles Dickens
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"Loyalty is the cornerstone of true friendship."
Charles Dickens
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"A true friend defends you in your absence."
Honoré de Balzac
"Friendship is a sheltering tree."
William Wordsworth
"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves."
William Wordsworth
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Victor Hugo
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"A friend is one soul inhabiting two bodies."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"True friendship is rare and precious."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Companionship is the greatest treasure."
Mary Shelley
"The bonds of friendship are forged in shared suffering."
Mary Shelley
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"A true friend is rarer than gold and more valuable than jewels."
Alexandre Dumas
"Friendship is not something that should be sought after, but rather stumbled upon."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Friendship based on mutual interest is not true friendship."
Honoré de Balzac
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"I would never wish to have friends first and admire them second."
John Keats
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"I have this moment received a most gratifying letter from Shelley."
John Keats
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"I could not live without the love of my friends."
John Keats
"The weight of the world is lighter when shared."
William Wordsworth