“We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.”
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“He who hath many friends hath none.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study
“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”
Source: Aristotle: Introductory Readings
“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”
Source: Eudemian Ethics
“Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.”
“I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”
“Happy is love or friendship when returned-- The lovers whose pure flames have equal burned.”
Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters
Source: Complete Essays
“Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.”
“True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie.”
“As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.”
“In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often the dupe of the heart.”
“We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other”
“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”
Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”
Source: The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals
Source: How to Make an American Quilt
“...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability”
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”
Source: Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
Source: The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually
Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
Source: The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II: 1918-September 1919
“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”
“A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore