Great people about friendship
Friendship is a phenomenon that was investigated by philosophers, psychologists and writers. All of them tried to describe it from different points of view.
Here are some famous quotes about friendship.
"The friendship often has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake." William Blake, sent in by Lauren
"Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are." Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616), Spanish novelist.
"Have no friends not equal to yourself." Confucius (551 - 497 BC) (Chinese philosopher)
"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends." Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813), French poet.
"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), US poet & essayist.
"Keep your friendships in repair." Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet & essayist
"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), British lexicographer.
There are also a lot of proverbs about friendship that have become a reflection of the experience of the nations. Here are some of them:
"Books and friends should be few but good."
"A friend in need is a friend indeed." (Latin Proverb)
"A good friend is my nearest relation."
"A hedge between, keeps friendship green."
"God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself."
"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
"The best of friends must part."
"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead." (Chinese Proverb)
"The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb." (German Proverb)
"Life without a friend is like death without a witness." (Spanish Proverb)
"The best mirror is an old friend."
"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." (Arabian Proverb)