101 Friendship Quotes

Williams Ann

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You can't pick your relatives, but you can pick your friends, or so the saying goes. Friendship - that mutual affection and companionship between people - is arguably one of the most important aspects of life. Without it, what are we? This little collection of quotes, mostly by philosophers and writers, showcases the very essence of friendship.

Informations

• Publié par: Crombie Jardine Publishing Limited
• Date de parution: 20 octobre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781291601077
• Langue: English

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INTRODUCTION

You can’t pick your relatives, but you can pick your friends, or so the saying goes. Friendship – that mutual affection and companionship between people – is arguably one of the most important aspects of life. Without it, what are we? Good friends support and understand each other; have fun together. Friends respect, share, listen, confide and trust. They form the foundations of our happiness, staying with us through life’s ups and downs.

This little collection of quotes, mostly by philosophers and writers, showcases the very essence of friendship.
1
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“‘Stay’ is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.”

Louisa May Alcott
1832-1888
Writer
 
2
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“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. […] But if you haven’t learnt the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learnt anything.”

Muhammad Ali
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
b.1942
Boxer
 
3
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“Before borrowing from a friend, decide which you need most.”

American proverb
 
4
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“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

St. Thomas Aquinas
1225-1274
Theologian and philosopher
 
5
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“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
6
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“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
7
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“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
8
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“The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
9
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“We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
10
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“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
11
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“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
12
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“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”

Aristotle
384-322 BC
Philosopher and polymath
 
13
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“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

Simone de Beauvoir
1908-1986
Writer and philosopher
 
14
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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

William Blake
1757-1827
Poet and artist