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Quotes About Friends It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. Aesop Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend. Agatha Christie Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. Confucius Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. Aristotle Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. Albert Camus No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. Blaise Pascal Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever. Deng Ming-Dao It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. Epicurus It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. George Eliot Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. George Santayana It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. Henry Ward Beecher Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. Jane Austen It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. Marlene Dietrich In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, jr The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. Rachel Naomi Remen We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert Louis Stevenson Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. Seneca It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
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