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Classical antiquity6 quotes
One soul dwelling in two bodies. — AristotleWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle · 322 BCWe should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us. — Aristotle · 240For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus · 458 BCFriends share all things. — PythagorasMisfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle · 350 BCThe Renaissance3 quotes
True happinesse
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth, and choice. — Ben Jonson · 1600Age, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend,
What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? — Nicholas Grimald · 1557Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. — Alexander Pope · 1732Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Colonial America2 quotes
Be slow in chusing a Friend, be slower in changing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739Old Testament Era2 quotes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. — Proverbs 17:17 · 686 BCThere is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. — Proverbs 18:24 · 686 BCAncient World1 quote
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. — Kautilya · 300 BCEarly Christianity1 quote
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374Middle Ages1 quote
Whatever we do or suffer for a friend is pleasant, because love is the principal cause of pleasure. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265New Testament Era1 quote
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus · 90