Quotes about friendship
friendship future neither nor towards
I feel friendship towards philosophers, but towards sophists, teachers of literature, or any other such kind of godforsaken people, I neither feel friendship now, nor may I ever do so in the future. Apollonius of Tyana
friendship good-friend determined
It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of them. A worthy German, just before Richter's death, edited a complete edition of his works, in which one particular passage fairly puzzled him. Determined to have it explained at the source, he went to John Paul himself. The author's reply was very characteristic: "My good friend, when I wrote that passage, God and I knew what it meant; it is possible that God knows it still; but as for me, I have totally forgotten." Jean Paul
friendship departed world
Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world. Jean Paul
friendship best-friend real-friends
There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met. Jim Henson
friendship wise dog
He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him. Jerome K. Jerome
friendship basketball running
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens
friendship two mind
Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me, and one says she's a friend of mine. Jackson Browne
friendship running eye
I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking into their eyes, I see them running, too. Jackson Browne
friendship glasses faults
Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults, now let the foibles pass. George Harrison
friendship beach morning
Maxi dresses are also my best friend. They take me from my morning coffee, to the beach, to nighttime. Hilary Rhoda
friendship foundation truthful
You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. Hill Harper
friendship cute men
Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead. F. Scott Fitzgerald
friendship real simple
The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? Eugene Kennedy
friendship real-friends simple
Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple. Eugene Kennedy
friendship powerful book
There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest Hemingway
friendship brother my-best-friend
My brother is my best friend. Erinn Smart
friendship wall night
Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you arelikely to meet. Because good manners build sturdy walls, our distaste for intimacy makes us exceedingly cordial "ships that pass in the night." As long as you remain a stranger we will be your friend forever. Florence King
friendship husband thinking
I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone. Faith Hill
friendship height good-company
Have good associates or don't associate at all. Be careful in the selection of your friends. If in the presence of certain persons you are lifted to nobler heights, you are in good company. But if your friends or associates encourage base thoughts, then you had best leave them. Ezra Taft Benson
friendship clever ignorance
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. Euripides
friendship genuine-friends literature
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. Francis Quarles
friendship heart want
Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts. Francis Bacon
friendship real solitude
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. Francis Bacon
friendship forgiveness enemy
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends. Francis Bacon
friendship true-friend lying
Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.... Francis Bacon
friendship world littles
There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals. Francis Bacon
friendship thieves
Friends are thieves of time. Francis Bacon
friendship men giving
The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. Francis Bacon
friendship grief joy
Friendship redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half. Francis Bacon
friendship best-friend thank-you
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment. Frances Farmer
friendship jail affair
[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail. Fran Lebowitz
friendship jobs children
If you don't have children and you don't have a job, you have time for friendship ... People who have jobs are not the best friends to have. It's better to be friends with people who are unemployed ... Fran Lebowitz
friendship best-friend intimate-relationships
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few. George Washington