Virtues

"Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."

"Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici."

"A young man needs friends to serve as guides and counselors, confidantes and role-models. The mature man is capable of meaningful undertakings only when his actions are undergirded by the support of others. And the elderly seek strength in their time of weakness and, ultimately, in their struggle for survival, in companionship and affection. Even if there is love at first sight, there is no friendship that does not demand time and space to reach its perfection. The ancient proverb states, and rightly so, that two friends cannot truly know each other without having first shared a bag of salt…Outside the family circle, friendship evolves into good will. In the workplace this allows us to manage without despotism, and to follow orders without resentment. In society we will learn to intervene without violence, but also without servility. And we will be able to look beyond the geographical borders of our own country, our customs, our race, our religious beliefs, and our political ideology to see that humanity is an attribute of all mankind."

"Love is only chatter, Friends are all that matter."

"There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths."

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss."

"Now with my friend I desire not to share or participate, but to engross his sorrows, that, by making them mine own, I may more easily discuss them; for in mine own reason, and within myself, I can command that which I cannot entreat without myself, and within the circle of another."

"I have loved my friends as I do virtue, my soul, my God."

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."

"Nicht aus dem schweren Boden der Erde,"

"FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul."

"FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but none in foul."

"BEFRIEND, v.t. To make an ingrate."

"That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile — that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself."

"You do retain the song we set, And how it rises, trips and scans? You keep the sacred memory yet, Republicans? Republicans?"

"From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends."

"For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much as I did."

"No friend's a friend till [he shall] prove a friend."

"I get by with a little help from my friends."

"Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things, — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

"I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve."

"You are the oldest democracy of the New World. We are the youngest democracy of the Old World. You, the great democracy of the New World, should take due note of your new sister democracy and should conceive its import. We are friends now, and we will be much closer friends in the future."

"The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake."

"When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition."

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

"Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends."

"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"Your friends are three and your enemies arc (also) three. Your friends are: your friend, your friend's friend and your enemy's enemy. And your enemies are: your enemy, your friend's enemy and your enemy's friend."

"A stranger is he who has no friend."

"If you intend to cut yourself off from a friend leave some scope for him from your side by which he may resume friendship if it occurs to him some day."

"A friend is he whose absence also proves the friendship."

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

"The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure; Ours has severest virtue for its basis, And such a friendship ends not but with life."

"One friend in a life time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."

"Friends are born, not made."

"We need new friends; some of us are cannibals who have eaten their old friends up; others must have ever-renewed audiences before whom to re-enact the ideal version of their lives."

"my friend He was quite a dear, but very naughty. He would tell the filthiest jokes right up until the cameras started rolling, so one had to compose oneself before the scene started. He had originally been a dentist which always amused me because he had the worst teeth!"

"I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire."

"Our triumphs seem hollow unless we have friends to share them, and our failures are made bearable by their understanding."

"Ah, friend! to dazzle let the vain design; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine."

"Trust not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe."

"What ill-starr'd rage Divides a friendship long confirm'd by age?"

"Friends given by God in mercy and in love; My counsellors, my comforters, and guides; My joy in grief, my second bliss in joy; Companions of my young desires; in doubt My oracles; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er forget Our meeting spots, our chosen sacred hours; Our burning words, that utter'd all the soul, Our faces beaming with unearthly love;— Sorrow with sorrow sighing, hope with hope Exulting, heart embracing heart entire."

"For all are friends in heaven, all faithful friends; And many friendships in the days of time Begun, are lasting here, and growing still."

"Although many scholars and practitioners have assumed that workplace friendships lead to desirable organizational outcomes, a growing body of research suggests important complexities and downsides associated with workplace friendships. This suggests a need to better understand how and when workplace friendships may lead to harmful outcomes, especially in light of organizational and technological shifts that are changing the way employees connect. Drawing on theories of close relationships, social exchange, and boundary management, we present a theoretical framework that highlights how the four defining features of friendship (informality, voluntariness, communal norms, and socio-emotional goals) are in tension with four fundamental elements of organizational life (formal roles, involuntary constraints, exchange norms, and instrumental goals). We also highlight how mutual self-disclosure and perceived similarity develop and deepen friendships but also lead to downsides for individuals, groups, and organizations. We articulate how specific features of a focal friendship clique (e.g., closeness, maturity, and status of members) may amplify or buffer negative aspects and how social media affect friendship formation and tensions. Our theoretical framework should inform new theory and research on positive relationships at work, boundary management of professional and personal identities, and how changes to work and technology affect workplace relationships."

"Al amigo todo, al enemigo ni justicia."

"Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love."