“An excellent man; he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.”
Topic
friendship
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Voices on friendship
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.”
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“Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.”
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”
“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
“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 friend.”
“Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.”
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”
“Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.”
“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.”
“It is amazing how you can surround yourself with so many people you can call friends, and yet actually only have one or two real ones.”
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
“If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
“True friends stab you in the front.”
“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”
“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”