Friendship Quotes
The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.
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"True friendship is tested not in moments of joy but in times of sorrow."Émile Zola
"Great love affairs spring from great friendships."Honoré de Balzac
"True friendship transcends time and distance."Honoré de Balzac
"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
"Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures of life."Alexandre Dumas
"A faithful friend is like a sturdy fortress that protects all within."Alexandre Dumas
"The bonds of brotherhood are stronger than any force on earth."Alexandre Dumas
"Friendship is love without the burden of expectation."Émile Zola
"Friendship endures when stripped of mutual advantage."Émile Zola
"I have felt the warmth of her company"John Keats
"My only friends have been books"John Keats
"The most important thing is not to be alone with our griefs."Charles Dickens
"The best of friends must part."Charles Dickens
"Loyalty is the cornerstone of true friendship."Charles Dickens
"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
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."Victor Hugo
"A friend is one soul inhabiting two bodies."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"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
"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
"Friendship based on mutual interest is not true friendship."Honoré de Balzac
"I would never wish to have friends first and admire them second."John Keats
"I have this moment received a most gratifying letter from Shelley."John Keats
"I could not live without the love of my friends."John Keats
"The weight of the world is lighter when shared."William Wordsworth