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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FRIENDS 6
Women can form a friendship with a man very well; but to preserve it, a slight physical antipathy most probably helps.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900, German philosopher)
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Anais Nin (1914-1977, French-born American novelist, dancer)
I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.
Anais Nin (1914-1977, French-born American novelist, dancer)
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
Indian Proverb (Sayings of Indian origin)
These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.
Indian Proverb (Sayings of Indian origin)
Without other people's companionship, even paradise would be an unlikable place.
Romanian Proverb
Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.
Kathleen Norris (1880-1966, American novelist)
In a friend you find a second self.
Isabelle Norton
Better the friend we can see than the money we cannot.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
In times of difficulty, friendship is on trial.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
It is better in times of need to have a friend rather than money.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Who ceases to be a friend never was one.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Pythagoras (BC 582-507, Greek philosopher, mathematician)
A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.
Austin O'Malley
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
Austin O'Malley
Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people that is worth something.
Ouida (1838-1908, British writer)
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman poet)
Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
Jesse Owens (1913-1980, American Olympian)
By associating with good and evil persons a man acquires the virtues and vices which they possess, even as the wind blowing over different places takes along good and bad odors.
The Panchatantra
By associating with good and evil persons a man acquires the virtues and vices which they possess, even as the wind blowing over different places takes along good and bad odors.
The Panchatantra
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967, American humorous writer)
If we all,told what we know of one another, there would not be four friends in the world.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662, French scientist, religious philosopher)
Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.
Samuel Paterson
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
William Penn (1644-1718, British religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania)
There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
William Penn (1644-1718, British religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania)
Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703, British diarist)
Wherever you are it is your own friends who make your world.
Ralph B. Perry
You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
Laurence J. Peter
When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed.
John Petit-Senn (1792-1870, French poet)
What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift as the friend's love.
Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960, Indian-born British novelist)
When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few... if you are lucky.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973, Spanish artist)
If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.
Marge Piercy
Keep out of the suction caused by those who drift backwards.
E. K. Piper
Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
One's oldest friend is the best.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
Your wealth is where your friends are.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
Friendships aren't perfect, and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939-, American journalist, author)
We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939-, American journalist, author)
You can keep your friends by not giving them away.
Mary Pettibone Poole
There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.
John Enoch Powell (1912-1998, British statesman)
Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate.
David Pratt
A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.
George D. Prentice (American editor)
Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)
A friend is known when needed.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being.
Arabic Proverb
Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
Arabic Proverb
The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife.
Argentine Proverb
A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
It takes a year to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
To know another is not to know that person's face, but to know that person's heart.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
A good friend is worth more than a bad brother.
Croatian Proverb
Brief encounters can result in long relationships.
Cuban Proverb (Sayings of Cuban origin)
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czechoslovakian Proverb (Sayings of Czech origin)
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
Danish Proverb (Sayings of Danish origin)
The road to a friend's house is never long.
Danish Proverb (Sayings of Danish origin)
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Friends are lost by calling too often and by not calling often enough.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Your friend's enemy might be your best friend.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
A man becomes like those whose society he loves.
Hindu Proverb
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.
Icelandic Proverb (Sayings of Icelandic origin)
You will discover your true friends in moments of crisis.
Iraqi Proverb
I have no friends; I make my mind my friend.
Japanese Proverb (Sayings of Japanese origin)
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
Jewish Proverb (Sayings of Jewish origin)
The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
Jewish Proverb (Sayings of Jewish origin)
The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends.
Jewish Proverb (Sayings of Jewish origin)
If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
Latin Proverb (Sayings of Latin origin)
Friendship is honey, but don't eat it all.
Moroccan Proverb
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Nigerian Proverb (Sayings of Nigerian origin)
Rain does not make friends with anybody -- it falls on any person it meets outside.
Nigerian Proverb (Sayings of Nigerian origin)
A friend is like a poem.
Persian Proverb (Sayings of Persian origin)
Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.
Russian Proverb (Sayings of Russian origin)
To keep a new friend, never break with the old.
Russian Proverb (Sayings of Russian origin)
Give and take makes good friends.
Scottish Proverb (Sayings of Scottish origin)
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
Sicilian Proverb (Sayings of Sicilian origin)
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Friends and wine should be old.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
It is good to have friends, even in hell.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Make sure you have many books and many friends -- as long as they are good ones.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
A small house is enough room for a thousand friends.
Syrian Proverb
Friendship is a furrow in the sand.
Tongan Proverb
No route is long with good company.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
None is so rich as to throw away a friend.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
Satan's friendship reaches to the prison door.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
Those who conceal their grief find no remedy for it.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
Turkish Proverb (Sayings of Turkish origin)
It's funny, isn't it? How your best friend can just blow up like that?
Monty Python (1939-, British actor, comedian)
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Francis Quarles (1592-1644, British poet)
True friendship is never serene.
Marie De Rabutin-Chantal
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