English quotations

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Thomas J. Watson(1874 – 1956)
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Elbert Hubbard(1856 - 1915)
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali ibn-Abi-Talib(602 AD - 661 AD)
When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.
When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.
Real Live PreacherJanuary 4, 2003
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
Oscar Wilde(1854 - 1900)
A good friend of my son's is a son to me.
A good friend of my son's is a son to me.
Lois McMaster BujoldEthan of Athos, 1986
Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
Lois McMaster BujoldA Civil Campaign, 1999
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Aristotle(384 BC - 322 BC), Eudemian Ethics
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
AristotleNichomachean Ethics
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PlutarchBiographer, essayist, priest, ambassador, magistrate
"What is a friend? I will tell you...it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself."
"What is a friend? I will tell you...it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself."
Frank Hall Crane(1873 – 1948), an American stage and film actor and director
Friendship: a building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears.
Friendship: a building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears.
Marlene Dietrick(1901 – 1992) American actress and singer
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington(February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie(November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955)
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb