It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.
Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonde…
Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.
I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. T…
Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.
I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me.
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
Love is flower like Friendship is like a sheltering tree.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.