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Nature of friendship9 quotes
Friends have all things in common. — Plato · 370 BCThe 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 · 2020She 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 · 1987To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. — Catiline · 50 BCFriendship is a sheltering tree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828I always thought we'd be friends forever. — Kirby Keger · 1985All 9 quotes →Friendship8 quotes
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 · 2020She 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 · 1987To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. — Catiline · 50 BCFriendship is a sheltering tree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828I always thought we'd be friends forever. — Kirby Keger · 1985Generosity is the essence of friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1888All 8 quotes →Friends2 quotes
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 · 1987I always thought we'd be friends forever. — Kirby Keger · 1985Generosity1 quote
Generosity is the essence of friendship. — Oscar Wilde · 1888Love1 quote
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1768Man as social animal1 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 · 2020Nature of love1 quote
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1768Sharing1 quote
Friends have all things in common. — Plato · 370 BCValue of friendship1 quote
Friendship is a sheltering tree. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828