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• “Basically we have not got hatred for anyone, but when one is demoniac or atheistic, we should try to avoid their company. A preacher’s business is to love God, to make friendship with devotees, to enlighten the innocent, and to avoid the demons. This principle we shall follow.”

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Satsvarupa, San Francisco, (9 April 1968)

• “This is the real and the only reason for friendship: to provide a mirror so the other person can contemplate his image from the past, which, without the eternal blah-blah of memories between pals, would long ago have disappeared.”

  Milan Kundera (1929–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or through pleasure and pain.”

  Ptolemy (100–170) said by 170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.”

  Colette (1873–1954) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Chambre d’Hôtel, "The Rainy Moon" (1940)

• “It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.”

  Colette (1873–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.”

  Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Also quoted in Psychologically Speaking: A Book of Quotations, Kevin Connolly and Margaret Martlew, 1999, p. 96

• “'And, at the risk of losing forever your so remarkably candid friendship, let me tell you something. Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford, and you are not that young any more.'”

  James Baldwin (1924–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!”

  James Thomson (poet, born 1700) first seen 1158 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: l. 1158

  Also quoted by: James Thomson

• “Friendship is the balm and cordial of life, and without it, ’tis a heavy load not worth sustaining.”

  Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) first seen 1767 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Bond Street, April 9, 1767. to Miss S

• “Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.”

  Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) said by 1801 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “You blessed my life! Never on me had rested woman's love. My mother even could not find me fair: I had no sister; and, when grown a man, I feared the mistress who would mock at me. But I have had your friendship — grace to you A woman's charm has passed across my path.”

  Edmond Rostand (1868–1918) said by 1918 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Oh, call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.”

  Thomas Moore (1779–1852) said by 1852 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If I speak to thee in friendship's name, Thou think'st I speak too coldly; If I mention love's devoted flame, Thou say'st I speak too boldly.”

  Thomas Moore (1779–1852) said by 1852 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in an attitude of friendship these two sturdy and intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.”

  James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) said by 1851 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.”

  Saki (1870–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A friendship that can be ended / didn't ever start”

  Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1491–1558) said by 1558 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “we know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty,”

  Thucydides (461–395 BC) said by 395 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In our common struggle against fascist aggression over 60 years ago, several thousand American soldiers lost their lives in battlefields in China. Their heroic sacrifice still remains fresh in the minds of the Chinese people. Thanks to the concerted efforts made by our two governments and our two peoples over the years, our friendship has grown from strength to strength and yielded rich fruit.”

  Hu Jintao (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence!”

  Charles Dickens (1812–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”

  Charles Dickens (1812–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that's still in your life today.”

  Michelle Gomez (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “One of the first people I met outside of the group [Pearl Jam] was this next human and I had no idea how he would affect my life and my views on music and my views on friendship and what a big impact he would have. These guys [the other members of Pearl Jam] know him much longer than me and his impact is profound. I'd like to introduce with great pleasure my old neighbor, Chris Cornell.”

  Eddie Vedder (born 1964) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Eddie Vedder introducing Cornell during a Pearl Jam concert on September 4, 2011. *{{cite web

• “Words are the currency of love and friendship, of making and marketing, of peace and war. Nations are bound and loosed by them. Three or four simple words can move waves of emotion through the hearts of multitudes like great tides of the sea: "Lest we forget." "Patriotism is not enough.”

  Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Speech at his inauguration as Lord Rector of The University of Edinburgh (6 November 1925), quoted in On England, and Other Addresses (1926), p. 78

• “Oh I detest him. I did then, I do now, and it's mutual. He hates me as well. And I'd much prefer to have his savage hatred than even the merest hint of friendship from that man.”

  Neil Kinnock (born 1942) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Comments on Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984-1985 strike. BBC Press Office - Kinnock detests Scargill (27 February 2004).

• “How wonderful it can be, and what nobility it proves in young men, when they pledge one another a friendship that can never be shadowed by selfishness, envy, or jealousy.”

  Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “And whenever I saw Luis, Graça's husband, I dealt with him with a friendship that was quite genuine, since it was offered out of gratitude for Graça's love.”

  V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Interviewer says "How do you become a member of the World/Inferno Friendship Society?”

  Jack Terricloth (1970–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he too is released from pain, and when apart, he longs as he himself is longed for; for reflected in his heart is love's image, which is love's answer. But he calls it, and believes it, not love but friendship…”

  Mary Renault (1905–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In ancient times, countries and tribes form alliances through arranged marriages. Nowadays, it is up to eligible bachelors and bachelorettes to forge friendship, peace, and understanding among nations and races through civil unions.”

  Newton Lee wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

  Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “No man under Heaven deserves these sacrifices from us women. Men! They are the enemies of our innocence and our peace — they drag us away from our parents' love and our sisters' friendship — they take us body and soul to themselves, and fasten our helpless lives to theirs as they chain up a dog to his kennel.”

  Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Vol. I [Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860] (p. 194)

• “[The integrative system] deals with such matters as respect, legitimacy, community, friendship, affection, love, and of course their opposites, across a broad scale of human relationships and interactions.”

  Kenneth Boulding (1910–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: p. 670-671 as cited in: Christopher Spicer (1997) Organizational Public Relations: A Political Perspective. p. 248

• “[sings] Motherfucking friendship!”

  Jack Black (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Yesterday was shaped by Kandinsky's move.. .This departure is what proves something for me.. .It is a friendship that overcomes a number of negative items, because the plus side stands firm and, in particular, because there is a link to my productive youth [in Munich].”

  Paul Klee (1879–1940) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quote in a letter to his wife Lily Klee, 11 Dec. 1932; as quoted in 'Klee & Kandinsky', 2015 exhibition text, Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau Munich, 2015-2016

• “Friendship is my paradigm for the good relationship. If you like someone, you will also love them better. If you love without liking, there's a chill at the core of it that easily turns into possessiveness, jealousy, competition.”

  Marge Piercy (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The materials, the colors, were like friendship and love, both wanting to fulfill themselves in the most beautiful form.”

  Emil Nolde (1867–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Japan was to be married, not to Hitler, but to the German forests; not to Mussolini, but to the Roman pantheon. It was a pact joining German, Roman, and Japanese mythology: a friendship among the beautiful, masculine, pagan gods of East and West.”

  Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Candour’s the cement of friendship.”

  F. Anstey (1856–1934) said by 1934 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “China has established friendship with many African countries, and is opening itself up to Africa and providing assistance. It is cooperating with African countries on an equal basis and has no desire to colonize Africa.”

  Wen Jiabao (born 1942) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Wen Jiabao (2006) cited in: When "Made in China" become "Made in Africa", 22 December 2006

• “Pleasant, summer, and slow long day; Also pleasant to pass out of chastisement Pleasant, the blossoms on the tops of the pear-trees; Also pleasant, friendship with the Creator.”

  Taliesin (518–599) said by 599 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Tightfisted people are as mean with friendship as they are with cash--suspicious, unbelieving, and incurious.”

  Paul Theroux (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We should be past tolerance in Canada .. In Canada, can we speak of acceptance, openness, friendship, understanding? It is about where we are going and what we are going through every day in our diverse and rich communities .. Tolerating someone means accepting their right to exist on the condition that they don’t disturb us too, too much.”

  Justin Trudeau (born 1971) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted by , Justin Trudeau rules out burkini ban in Canada (August 23, 2016).

• “Nature … has born and reared all men alike, and created them genuine brothers, not in mere name, but in very reality, though this kinship has been put to confusion by the triumph of malignant covetousness, which has wrought estrangement instead of affinity and enmity instead of friendship.”

  Philo (15 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In this framework we can make clear what co-existence means. It means living in peace and friendship with another kind of society—a fully integrated society where the people control their destinies, where poverty and illiteracy have been eliminated and where new kinds of human beings develop in the framework of a new level of social living.”

  Paul Robeson (1898–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship.”

  Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Instead of combating my slight prejudice against you as uncharitable, I mean to cherish it, until I am convinced that I have no reason to distrust this kind, insinuating friendship you are so anxious to push upon me.”

  Anne Brontë (1820–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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

  Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.”

  Fawn M. Brodie (1915–1981) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History, ch. 1 (1974)

• “I keep thinking what happens when the power of love is twisted into the love of power. … When he bought our temple we had an eternal light going. Jim asked us to leave it. He wanted to keep it burning as a sign of our friendship and what we stood for. All last night I kept wondering, where did it go out?”

  Maurice Davis (1921–1993) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: On Jim Jones, upon hearing of the mass murders and suicides of Jonestown, as quoted in "Cult Chief's Beginnings in Indianapolis Recalled" by James Feron, The New York Times (22 November 1978); in the early years of Jone…

• “Come in peace to my home, Tan-Tan. And when you go, go in friendship.”

  Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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