Friendship Quotes
The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.
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"Friendship is the marriage of two equal souls for the sake of mutual improvement."Locke, John
"A man may be very warm in his attachments without being capable of friendship."Hume, David
"A true friend is a mirror of the soul."Averroes
"The foundation of friendship is not pleasure but mutual virtue."Maimonides
"The greatest gift is to increase another's power of acting."Spinoza, Baruch
"The true friend mirrors both your virtues and your flaws with loving honesty."Avicenna
"True friendship endures when tested by hardship and time."Al-Ghazali
"A true friend loves you not for what you have, but for who you are."Al-Ghazali
"Bad company corrupts good character."Augustine of Hippo
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."Thomas Aquinas
"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures."Thomas Aquinas
"True friendship is the union of two souls."Thomas Aquinas
"Friendship is a virtue or implies virtue."Thomas Aquinas
"True friendship is based on mutual appreciation of each other's virtues."Averroes
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."Cicero
"A new friendship is the most tasking thing in the world."Cicero
"The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends."Cicero
"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect."Cicero
"Life is nothing without friendship."Cicero
"Friendship with the wise is a treasure more valuable than any amount of gold."Avicenna
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prayed for than the union of friends."Thomas Aquinas
"True friendship is a divine gift."Thomas Aquinas
"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures."Thomas Aquinas
"True friends are those who love us for what we are."Thomas Aquinas
"To have a friend is to have one soul in two bodies."Thomas Aquinas
"We are not angry at our friends unless we feel betrayed."Epictetus
"Withdraw into yourself, as much as you can. Associate with people who are likely to improve you."Seneca
"Prefer the company of the poor but honest than the rich but wicked."Seneca
"True friendship is impossible where there is jealousy or distrust."Seneca
"Friend, do not go along with false principles."Marcus Aurelius