Quotes about friend
friendship love-is like-love
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough to want it, we value more when it is regained; but that which has been lost till it is forgotten will be found at last with little gladness, and with still less if a substitute has supplied the place. Samuel Johnson
friends men sick
How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick. Samuel Johnson
friends failing manners
Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own. Samuel Johnson
friends lost-friend found
An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost. Samuel Johnson
friendship lovely devil
Well, we've been lucky devils both And there is no need for a pledge or oath To bind our lovely friendship fast, By firmer stuff Close bound enough. Robert Graves
friendship common pleasure
The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other. Samuel Johnson
friendship men should
A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. Samuel Johnson
friendship names innocent
Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Samuel Johnson
friendship obligation sequels
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.... Samuel Johnson
friendship wise silence
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage. Samuel Johnson
friendship female elegance
He endearing elegance of female friendship. Samuel Johnson
friendship pain kindness
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you. Samuel Johnson
friendship confidence honesty
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Samuel Johnson
friendship cat names
Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein. Sam Cooke
friendship sleep woe
Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe; But 't is the happy that have called thee so. Robert Southey
friendship goodbye farewell
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. Robert Southey
friendship i-miss-you missing-you
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Robert Southey
friendship people littles
We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives. Robert M. Pirsig
friendship blessing ends
A knowledge that another has felt as we have felt, and seen things not much otherwise than we have seen them, will continue to the end to be one of life's choicest blessings. Robert Louis Stevenson
friendship cheer real-friends
No man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
friendship marriage police
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police. Robert Louis Stevenson
friendship holiday real-friends
A friend is a gift you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson
friendship best-friend travel
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
friendship grace nails
There is nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe. Robert Louis Stevenson
friendship men earth
The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make. Robert E. Sherwood
friendship night remember
There's some nights I can't remember with friends I can't forget. Toby Keith
friendship challenges inspire
.. a friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself.. Steve Lopez
friendship real-friends cutting
How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.” ― How Many, How Much by Shel Silverstein “Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you. Stephanie Klein
friendship loss men
Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of them-and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect. The ultimate cause of my friend's death was that the expected liberation did not come and he was severely disappointed. Viktor E. Frankl
friends true-friend enemy
Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends. Vanna Bonta
friendship enemy reason
Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends, and then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my end. A glorious day, the one I learned the meaning of the word. It's good to know my enemies, though their reasons are absurd. Vanna Bonta
friendship love-is
I cannot love a friend whose love is words. Sophocles
friendship honest honest-friends
To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away. Sophocles