Quotes about friendship and friends
The least noisy, most modest friendships are often the most useful. Therefore, I would always prefer a discreet friend to an overzealous one. D. Addison
War tests the brave, anger tests the sage, and friend the need. Al-Harizi
A friend to everyone is a friend to no one. Aristotle
Friendship is the most necessary thing for life, since no one would wish for a life without friends, even if he had all the other benefits. Aristotle
Friendship is content with what is possible without demanding what is due. Aristotle
Friendship is not only invaluable, but also beautiful: we praise someone who loves his friends, and having many friends seems like something wonderful, and some even think that being a good person and being a friend are the same thing. Aristotle
Wounds are healed by time, and grief is healed by friendship. Arkady Kuleshov
There is no need to hide your illness from two people: from a doctor and a friend. Attar
What makes friendship inseparable and its charm is doubled is the feeling that love lacks: confidence. O. Balzac
How sweet are criticisms coming from friendly lips; you believe in them; they make you sad, because there is no doubt that they are right, but they do not cause pain. O. Balzac
Selfishness is poison to friendship. O. Balzac
Where there is no complete frankness, complete trust, where even a little is hidden, there is no and cannot be friendship. V. G. Belinsky
My friend is the one to whom I can tell everything. V. G. Belinsky
Who will tell me the truth about me, if not a friend, and hearing the truth about yourself from another is necessary. V. G. Belinsky
Equality is a condition of friendship. V. G. Belinsky
He who wants to have a friend without faults remains without friends. Bias
The true basis of friendship is equality; friendship never allows for hierarchy. E. Boesi
A person who lives alone exists only half. P. Buast
Friendship doubles joys and cuts sorrows in half. F. Bacon
He who is deprived of sincere friends is truly lonely. F. Bacon
All the honors in this world are not worth one good friend. F. Voltaire
The eyes of friendship are rarely wrong. F. Voltaire
There cannot be long friendship, subordination, comradeship where one does not adapt to the other. F. Guicciardini
There is nothing more precious than friends; therefore, do not lose the opportunity to acquire them whenever you can. F. Guicciardini
For friendship, any burden is light. D. Gay
A sure way to judge a person's character and intelligence is by his choice of books and friends. K. Helvetius
Tell me who you are close to, I will tell you who you are. K. Helvetius
Only a friend's hand can tear the thorns out of the heart. K. Helvetius
Friendship is active: this is the only kind of friendship that I understand. A. I. Herzen
It's not good to change friends every now and then. Hesiod
True like-minded people cannot quarrel for long; will they ever get back together. I. Goethe
He who does not see his friends in the world is not worthy for the world to know about him. I. Goethe
Unfaithful friends are like swallows that you meet only in the summer; it is a sundial, useful only as long as the sun shines. T. Gippel
Friendship and tea are good when they are strong and not too sweet. F. V. Gladkov
There is no bond more sacred than fellowship. N.V. Gogol
A friend who is useless to his friend becomes a stranger to him. P. Holbach
Friendship needs neither a slave nor a master. Friendship loves equality. I. A. Goncharov
Friendship is the highest degree of camaraderie. M. Gorky
Never make friends with a person you cannot respect. C. Darwin
The friendship of one reasonable person is more valuable than the friendship of all unreasonable people. Democritus
Like-mindedness creates friendship. Democritus
We don't need help from friends so much as we need confidence that we will receive it. Democritus
It is not worth living for someone who does not have a single true friend. Democritus
The person whose true friends do not stay long has a difficult character. Democritus
Friendship is not a service; no thanks are given for it. G. R. Derzhavin
If a person does not make new acquaintances along his life’s path, he soon finds himself lonely. S. Johnson
Friendship should be infinitely more tolerant than love. M. Zhanlis
If my friends are crooked, I look at them in profile. J. Joubert
You can never do too much for a loyal friend. G. Ibsen
The most outrageous crime is breaking the trust of a friend. G. Ibsen
Friends in happy circumstances should appear only by invitation, and in unfortunate circumstances - without an invitation, on their own. Isocrates
One of the first duties of friendship is to anticipate the requests of friends. Isocrates
In friendship, people are always happy. Qaboos
A good friend is a great treasure. Qaboos
A foolish friend will do out of friendship what a hundred reasonable enemies will not do out of enmity. Qaboos
Loneliness is better than a bad friend. Qaboos
The hardest thing is to get recognition from your friends. E. Kapiev
The most indissoluble friendship is the one that begins in youth - inseparable and most pleasant. N. M. Karamzin
It is better to refuse a sharp word than to refuse a friend. Quintilian
He who has friends who hate each other deserves their common hatred. V. O. Klyuchevsky
The one who doesn’t care about your vice doesn’t love you at all. K. Knebel
It is wise to water the wheel of friendship with the oil of polite politeness. G. Colette
In joy our friends recognize us; in sorrow we recognize them. D. Collins
The strongest friendships almost always begin during difficult times for friends. C. Colton
At all times, friendship has been considered one of the first blessings in life. I. A. Krylov
Equality in love and friendship is a sacred thing. I. A. Krylov
In true friendship there is a beauty that is incomprehensible to ordinary people. J. Labruyère
Trust is the first condition of friendship. J. Labruyère
Friends find pleasure in communicating with each other because they have the same view of a person’s moral duties. J. Labruyère
Only those people who know how to forgive each other's minor shortcomings can be connected by true friendship. J. Labruyère
The greatest feat of friendship is not to show a friend our shortcomings, but to open his eyes to his own. F. La Rochefoucauld
A true friend is the greatest of blessings and at the same time the blessing that one least thinks about acquiring. F. La Rochefoucauld
We often treat those who burden us leniently, but we are never lenient towards those who burden us. F. La Rochefoucauld
True friendship knows no envy. F. La Rochefoucauld
Not trusting friends is more shameful than being deceived by them. F. La Rochefoucauld
Not noticing people's cooling means valuing their friendship little. F. La Rochefoucauld
The most beautiful gift given to people after wisdom is friendship. F. La Rochefoucauld
There is nothing more dangerous than an ignorant friend. J. Lafontaine
An adversary who reveals your mistakes is much more useful than a friend who hides them. Leonardo da Vinci
Fulfilling the duties of friendship is somewhat more difficult than admiring it. G. Lessing
He who seeks friends deserves to find them; he who has no friends has never desired to have them. G. Lessing
The best thing in a person's life is his friendship with other people. A. Lincoln
Friendship is never possible without mutual respect. A. S. Makarenko
He who is a good friend himself has good friends. N. Machiavelli
Friendship is one of life's greatest joys; One of the greatest joys of friendship is having someone you can trust with a secret. A. Manzoni
In the bustle of this world, friendship is the only thing that matters in personal life. K. Marx
I enter into friendship with only very few, but I value it. K. Marx
The best way to keep your friends is not to betray them. W. Mizner
Whoever is a friend to everyone, I do not consider him my friend. J. Moliere
In friendship there are no calculations or considerations other than itself. M. Montaigne
A true friend is someone whom I would distrust in everything concerning me more than myself. M. Montaigne
How does a saint live who has not known friendship? He is like an empty pearl. A. Navoi
The best thing is to have friends who always tell you the honest truth. O.Henry
Where equality ends, there can be no friendship. D. Ober
A comrade is a support in times of trouble, a doctor in times of illness, he is the one who sacrifices himself in a moment of mortal danger. S. Orbeliani
A comrade is a high wall, an indestructible stronghold, a fortress reliably supplied with water. S. Orbeliani
Friends should be the first to give harsh criticism so that the friend can correct his mistake. N. A. Ostrovsky
A friendship that cannot withstand the touch of naked truth is not worth regretting. That's where she goes. D. I. Pisarev
Live with people so that your friends do not become enemies, and your enemies become friends. Pythagoras
Friends have everything in common, and friendship is equality. Pythagoras
I don’t need a friend who changes with me and repeats my every nod. This makes my shadow much better. Plutarch
A friendship that ended never really began. Publilius Syrus
A pretend friend is much worse than a worst enemy. Publilius Syrus
We are similar in heart; He’s like I’m different: I share my sorrows with him, he shares my joys with me. A. S. Pushkin
A friend is one who, every time you need him, guesses about it. J. Renard
A great soul is never lonely. No matter how fate takes friends from her, she always creates them for herself in the end. R. Rolland
In friendship there are neither debtors nor benefactors. R. Rolland
Friends exist to help each other. R. Rolland
Among friends, misunderstandings are never serious until a third party comes between them. R. Rolland
There is no greater joy than seeing friends, no greater sorrow than separation from friends. A. Rudaki
One enemy is many, a thousand friends are few. A. Rudaki
Affection can do without reciprocity, but friendship never can. J.-J. Rousseau
Anyone who would let a friend down for his own benefit has no right to friendship. J.-J. Rousseau
False people are more dangerous to have as friends than as enemies. J.-J. Rousseau
He who does not look for friends is his own enemy. Sh. Rustaveli
A wise friend will not abandon his friend, despite all the hardships. Sh. Rustaveli
Violation of friendship is, with wisdom, discord. Sh. Rustaveli
Having common desires and common aversions is what lasting friendship consists of. Sallust
A friend’s loyalty is needed even in happiness, but in trouble it is absolutely necessary. Seneca the Younger
Friendship ends where mistrust begins. Seneca the Younger
True friendship cannot be preached, it is learned through action. A. Saint-Exupery
Comrades are only those who, holding on to the same rope, with common efforts climb to the mountain peak and in this find their closeness. A. Saint-Exupery
It would be good for a person to examine himself, how much he is worth to his friends, and to try to be as valuable as possible. Socrates
To die for a friend under some exceptional circumstances is less sublime than to daily and secretly sacrifice oneself for him. Stendhal
It is not wealth that is a friend, but a friend that is wealth. I. Stobey
Sincerity of relationships, truth in communication - this is friendship. A. V. Suvorov
Service and friendship are two parallel lines: they do not converge. A. V. Suvorov
Vanity is the main enemy of friendship. F. Supo
If fate is especially favorable to a person and wants to give him the greatest happiness in the world, she gives him true friends. E. Telman
Friendships should be immortal. Titus Livy
A cowardly friend is worse than an enemy, because you fear an enemy, but rely on a friend. L. N. Tolstoy
To be true friends, you need to have confidence in each other. L. N. Tolstoy
Love is available to everyone, but friendship is a test of the heart. S. Udeto
Friends should be remembered not only in their presence, but also in their absence. Thales
The word "friend" is on everyone's lips, but true friendship is rare. Phaedrus
Misunderstanding makes enemies out of friends. L. Feuchtwanger
We should most of all seek rapprochement with people, in conversation with whom we always have to gather our wits. E. Feichtersleben
A treacherous friend is the most dangerous enemy. G. Fielding
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend is always a brother. B. Franklin
We make friends not by receiving services from them, but by providing them ourselves. Thucydides
Not the friend who regrets, but the one who helps. T. Fuller
When friendship suddenly arises between a dog and a cat, it is nothing other than an alliance against the cook. S. Zweig
There is nothing better and more pleasant in the world than friendship; excluding friendship from life is the same as depriving the world of sunlight. Cicero
Friendship is given to us by nature as an assistant in virtues, and not as a companion in vices. Cicero
Friendship penetrates the lives of all people, but to maintain it, sometimes you have to endure insults. Cicero
Sincere friendship is characterized by giving advice and listening to them. Cicero
True friendship must be frank and free from pretense and assent. Cicero
A true friend should be our second self. Cicero
Both in friendship and in government activities, pretense and flattery should be excluded. Cicero
How much charm our happiness would lose if no one rejoiced in it with us! How difficult it would be to bear our misfortunes without a friend who experiences them even more strongly than us! Cicero
Anyone who is so deaf that he doesn’t even want to hear the truth from a friend is hopeless. Cicero
An indispensable condition of friendship is not to make or fulfill demands that are contrary to the spirit of honor. Cicero
The basis of friendship lies in complete agreement of will, tastes, and opinions. Cicero
It is possible to separate and recognize a flattering friend with a certain amount of effort, just as everything that is tinted and counterfeit can be distinguished from the pure and true. Cicero
How many different benefits friendship brings together! Wherever you turn, she is at your service; it is ubiquitous; she never bothers, never comes at the wrong time; it gives a new luster to well-being, and the misfortunes it shares lose much of their sting. Cicero
There is only one case in which we have nothing to fear from offending a friend, and that is when it comes to telling him the truth and thus proving our loyalty. Cicero
It’s even nice to be sick when you know that there are people who are waiting for your recovery, like a holiday. A. P. Chekhov
There are three kinds of friends: friends who love you, friends who are indifferent to you, and friends who hate you. N. Chamfort
Human friendship in most cases sprouts with many prickly “ifs” and “buts” and eventually turns into ordinary friendly relationships that last only thanks to omissions. N. Chamfort
When friendship begins to weaken and cool, she always resorts to increased politeness. W. Shakespeare
Friendship is not cemented by intelligence; it is easily torn apart by stupidity. W. Shakespeare
Only a true friend can tolerate his friend's weaknesses. W. Shakespeare
Everything should be shared between friends. Euripides
A true friend is known in misfortune. Aesop
A friend is a person with whom I can be sincere. R. Emerson
The decoration of the house is the friends who visit it. R. Emerson
In misfortune a friend is known and an enemy is exposed. Epictetus
Of all that wisdom provides for the happiness of life, the most important is the possession of friendship. Epicurus
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence that we will receive this help from them. Epicurus
A friend should take on part of the friend's grief. Erasmus of Rotterdam
No worldly blessings will be pleasant to us, and we use them alone without sharing them with friends. Erasmus of Rotterdam
Friendship is a calm and quiet affection, guided and strengthened by habit, arising from long association and mutual obligations. D. Hume
