Friendship Quotes

"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies." Probably one of the oldest famous quotes about friendship, as well as one of the better known ones, Aristotle's simple observation of friendship has lasted for centuries, and has rung true for hundreds of generations. Friendship quotes come in many forms, but they all have a clever way of seeing what friendship really is. Other times famous friendship quotes are admired because of their simplicity in imparting the pure observation of a writer or philosopher. Another one of our favorite friendship quotes comes to us by the way of William Blake's pen, "Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake."

Some of our favorite friendship quotes:

» Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. - Friedrich Nietzsche

» A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. - Douglas Pagels

» Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. - Sicilian Proverb

» The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. - Aristotle

» It takes a long time to grow an old friend. - John Leonard

» What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle

» The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. - Cicero

» Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. - Czech Proverb

» I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. - Oscar Wilde

» Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. - Publilius Syrus

» The friendship that can cease has never been real. - Saint Jerome

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