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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FRIENDS 8
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
We die as often as we lose a friend.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.
Nahum Tate (1652-1715, British poet, dramatist)
Who ran to help me when I fell And would some pretty story tell Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.
Jane Taylor
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892, British poet)
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
Terence (Roman writer of comedies)
Those who forget their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
William M. Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British novelist)
It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship.
Mary Dixon Thayer
A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
A friend loveth at all times.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 27:19
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Genesis 42:21
Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. A new friend is as new wine: when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 27:17
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 27:10
Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from a friend.
Theocritus (c.310-250 BC, Greek poet)
The thicker one gets with some people, the thinner they become.
Puzant Kevork Thomajan
A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we may go and meet their ideal cousins.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
There is not so good an understanding between any two, but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
Thucydides (BC 460-400, Greek historian of Athens)
Success ... depends on your ability to make and keep friends.
Sophie Tucker (1884-1966, Russian-born American singer)
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly everybody will side with you when you are in the right.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
Anne Tyler
We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked ... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.
Liv Ullmann
A Friend is a treasure, more precious than Gold. For love shared is priceless, and never grows old.
Author Unknown
A friend is never known until a woman has a need.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
Author Unknown
A friend is someone you can do nothing with, and enjoy it.
Author Unknown
A friend once wrote: Give me your faith, not your doubts.
Author Unknown
A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
Author Unknown
A friendship that's sincere and true, gives joy like nothing else will do; that's why glad hearts look up and send, a prayer of thanks for faithful friends.
Author Unknown
A man is known by the company he avoids.
Author Unknown
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Author Unknown
A man never gets so rich he can afford to lose a friend.
Author Unknown
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Author Unknown
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Author Unknown
A ray of sunshine, a balmy breeze Are a gift from God above, And He also gives us faithful friends. To warm our hearts with love.
Author Unknown
A true friend is the best possession.
Author Unknown
Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare.
Author Unknown
And the joy of it all; when we count it all up; is found in the making of friends.
Author Unknown
Books and friends should be few but good.
Author Unknown
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
Author Unknown
Build bridges instead of walls and you will have a friend.
Author Unknown
Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.
Author Unknown
Forget your woes when you see your friend.
Author Unknown
Four be the things I am wisest to know: idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Author Unknown
Friends come and go, enemies linger.
Author Unknown
Friends tie their purse with a cobweb thread.
Author Unknown
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but not in visiting them too often.
Author Unknown
Friendship is a comforting smile, A familiar voice that warms the heart, and the freedom to be the person God intended.
Author Unknown
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.
Author Unknown
Friendship is a plant which must be often watered.
Author Unknown
Friendship is a precious gift. To give at Christmas time. A Cherished gift, a treasured gift that lasts through all time.
Author Unknown
Friendship is a priceless treasure never to be bought or sold -- it can only be cherished.
Author Unknown
Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.
Author Unknown
Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements.
Author Unknown
Friendship is love with understanding.
Author Unknown
Friendships that have stood the test of time and chance are surely best, Brows may wrinkle, hair grow gray, Friendship never knows decay.
Author Unknown
Good company upon the road is the shortest cut.
Author Unknown
Have but few friends, though many acquaintances.
Author Unknown
He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.
Author Unknown
He whose hand is clasped in friendship cannot throw mud.
Author Unknown
Hopes are planted in friendship's garden where dreams blossom into priceless treasures.
Author Unknown
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.
Author Unknown
It can never be bought or borrowed or sold A gift to be cherished, True friendship is a treasure beyond compare.
Author Unknown
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
Author Unknown
It takes two people to ruin a perfectly good day. First a person who says something downright nasty about you, and second, a dear friend who makes sure you hear about it immediately.
Author Unknown
Keep good men company, and you shall be of their number.
Author Unknown
Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
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Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
Author Unknown
Love your friend with her faults.
Author Unknown
Make friends before you need them.
Author Unknown
Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.
Author Unknown
Make not thy friend too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.
Author Unknown
Man strives for glory, honor, fame, so that all the world may know his name. Amasses wealth by brain and hand. Becomes a power in the land. But when he nears the end of life and looks back over the years of strife, he finds that happiness depends on none of these but love of friends.
Author Unknown
May I always be worthy of my friends.
Author Unknown
My friend, why have you drifted so far away? All motion is relative, maybe it is you who have moved away by standing still.
Author Unknown
Often, I look out the window and wait. I see her as she comes and goes, to visit with everyone -- it seems but me. I know that sometimes I'm not as friendly as I should be. But I'm scared -- that people won't like me. So I hide in my shell. And talk to know one. But still... I wish they would notice that I am here. I need them. Please, somebody talk to me. I need a friend.
Author Unknown
One enemy is too many; a hundred friends too few
Author Unknown
Precious gifts of friendship... knowing the heart of another, sharing one's heart with another.
Author Unknown
Seek the friend who's hand helped you and tell them what they mean to you.
Author Unknown
Short judgments make long friends.
Author Unknown
Since it has been my lot to find, at every parting of the road, the helping hand of comrade kind to help me with my heavy load, And since I have no gold to give and love alone must make amends, my humble prayer is, while I live -- God, make me worthy of my friends.
Author Unknown
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.
Author Unknown
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Author Unknown
The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.
Author Unknown
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