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Quote 3022
If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is natureby: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 3015
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.by: John BurroughsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2969
How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of beginnings, story without end, each maid a heroine, and each man a friend!Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2958
Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friendShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2954
Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2890
Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new onesShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2852
The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendshipShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2834
It's the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respectedby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2812
I could never hate anyone I knewby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2528
There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a foolShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2503
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.by: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2331
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failingsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2322
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him lessShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2316
Love and friendship exclude each otherShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2207
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friendsby: Charlotte BronteShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2201
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our ownby: Charlotte BronteShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2187
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred - that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorruptShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2181
Friendships are discovered rather than made.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2082
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friendby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2079
Opposition is true friendshipby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2077
He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.by: William BlakeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 2029
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearlyShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1962
Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever doesby: Jane AustenShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1913
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.by: Honore de BalzacShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1887
On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1875
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had oneShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1851
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivableby: MacDonaldShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1825
There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.by: Martin LutherShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1812
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasuresby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1783
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian geniusby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1765
A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason - and indeed all the sweets of life.by: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1756
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolvedby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1746
Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften themby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1739
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.by: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1730
Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our griefby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1729
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companionsby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1723
Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloudby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1521
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.by: MacDonaldShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1493
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready moneyShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1379
Friendship is love without his wingsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1373
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1370
Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one wholeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1306
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friendby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1274
Friendship is like money, easier made than keptby: Samuel ButlerShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1245
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats themby: Samuel ButlerShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1241
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 1223
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue itby: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 981
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriagesShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 979
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friendShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 978
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friendsby: Samuel PepysShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 977
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the worldby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 976
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much betterby: PlutarchShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 975
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 974
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed loveby: Jane AustenShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 973
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruitby: AristotleShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 972
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendshipby: Thomas AquinasShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 971
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 970
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every foldShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 969
Friends are born, not madeShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 968
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshineby: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 967
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friendShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 966
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over characterShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 965
Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 964
The language of friendship is not words but meaningsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 963
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes youby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 962
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the otherby: Honore de BalzacShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 961
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anywayby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 960
Life has no blessing like a prudent friendby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 959
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with themShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 958
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spiritShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 957
I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothingShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 956
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evilShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 955
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veinsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 954
Friends show their love in times of troubleby: EuripidesShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 953
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friendby: Albert CamusShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 951
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendshipShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 950
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the sameby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 927
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.by: Ben JonsonShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 894
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 836
To me, fair friend, you never can be old, for as you were when first your eye I eyed, such seems your beauty still.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 833
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 809
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a womanby: Joseph JoubertShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 793
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.by: HomerShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 788
Friends...they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreamsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 747
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 656
A friend in need is a friend indeedfrom EnglandShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 603
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear... But yours gives most; for mine did only lend me to the world; yours gave to me a friendby: MartialShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 515
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 481
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirksShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 471
I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future plusesShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 426
Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.Showing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 330
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbourShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 238
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.by: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 176
You must, therefore, live with your enemies, as you cannot always live with your friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 168
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friendsShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 164
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than loveShowing Quotes on friendship
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Quote 139
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.Showing Quotes on friendship
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I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...by: Abraham LincolnShowing Quotes on friendship
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A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.Showing Quotes on friendship
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A friend is a second self.by: AristotleShowing Quotes on friendship
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