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Catiline1 quote
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. — Catiline · 50 BCDavid Whyte1 quote
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness: the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone. — David Whyte · 2020Kirby Keger1 quote
I always thought we'd be friends forever. — Kirby Keger · 1985Oliver Goldsmith1 quote
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1768Oscar Wilde1 quote
Generosity is the essence of friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1888Plato1 quote
Friends have all things in common. — Plato · 370 BCRupert Pupkin1 quote
You know, Jerry, I'm going to tell you something. Friendship is a two-way street. Do you know that? And you couldn't care less about me. — Rupert Pupkin · 1982Samuel Taylor Coleridge1 quote
Friendship is a sheltering tree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828Toni Morrison1 quote
She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. — Toni Morrison · 1987