“He who hath many friends hath none.”
— Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made
“General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.”
— Jane Austen
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Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked
“Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.”
— C. S. Lewis
Author: C. S. Lewis
Category: friendship
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To avoid being mistaken for a sellout,
“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.”
— Barack Obama
Author: Barack Obama
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When I was growing up, my mother
“When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.”
— Marlo Thomas
Author: Marlo Thomas
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A friend is one who knows you
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”
— Elbert Hubbard
Author: Elbert Hubbard
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No one person can possibly combine all
“No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.”
— Francis Marion Crawford
Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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Plunderous is the palate I gift to
“Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.”
— Bradley Chicho
Author: Bradley Chicho
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However rare True love may be, it
“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Author: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The rare few, who, early in life
“The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.”
— James Whistler
Author: James Whistler
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Love between man and man is impossible
“Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse.”
— James Joyce
Author: James Joyce
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