3,061 Quotes About Friends

  • Author Margaret Mead
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    Between friends there is no bribery. ... the relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.

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  • Author Mary McCarthy
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    The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.

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  • Author Menander
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    All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

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  • Author Phyllis McGinley
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    Relations are errors that Nature makes. / Your spouse you can put on the shelf. / But your friends, dear friends, are the quaint mistakes / You always commit yourself.

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  • Author George Jean Nathan
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    A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other.

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  • Author Barbara Park
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    I don't really believe in pretending to be happy when you're not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.

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