Friendship Quotes

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

18559 quotes

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"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Confucius
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"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
Confucius
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"True companionship requires no words, only presence."
Zhuangzi
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"Friendship is a most necessary bond, even for the happy."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The sweetest friendship is that which rests upon a foundation of virtue."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Eat and drink with friends; the pleasure doubles and the pain halves."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"In friendship, we find the greatest and most reliable source of human happiness."
Epicureanism Epicurus
E
"A life without friendship is like a year without spring."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The strength of a friendship is measured not by its duration but by its depth."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"Genuine friendship requires no words."
Laozi
"Friendship is the only bond that matters when all else has crumbled away."
Thales of Miletus
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"A friend is a second self."
Pythagoras
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"In making a friend, don't be too quick with your mouth."
Pythagoras
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"In choosing a friend, go up a stair."
Pythagoras
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"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Pythagoras
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"True friends share all things in common."
Pythagoras
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"Friendships require cultivation like gardens require tending."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Simple food eaten with a friend nourishes both body and soul."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
Thales of Miletus
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"Friendship based on profit is degraded friendship."
Mencius
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"Beware of those who attempt to stir you up against one another."
Pythagoras
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"A friend is an alter ego."
Pythagoras
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"A true friend is one who tells you truth when no one else will."
Pythagoras
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"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Confucius
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"The bond of friendship is trust without verification."
Confucius
"True friendship is a meeting of souls who seek truth together."
Thales of Miletus
"Friendship is the voluntary alliance of kindred spirits."
Thales of Miletus
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"To a friend give counsel both boldly and justly."
Pythagoras
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"Choose friends as you choose peaches: by their sweetness and ripeness."
Pythagoras
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"A true friend is the greatest treasure one can possess."
Pythagoras