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Real Friends Quotes - Page 4

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.381, NYU Press

To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe (1807). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes: To which is Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.335

Confidence is the only bond of friendship.

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 34, 1856.

Keep thy friend Under thy own life's key.

William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.228

That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.

William Shakespeare, afterwards HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS HALLIWELL (James Orchard) (1854). “The Comedies of William Shakespeare: Edited with Introductions and Notes ... by J. O. Halliwell, Esq. Reprinted from the American Edition”, p.59

Thy friendship makes us fresh.

William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.100

Better to have 3 real friends than 100,000 digital ones.

FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Dec 22, 2013

Real friendship is a slow grower.

Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.54, Oxford University Press

Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.

Henry Rollins (1994). “Get in the Van”, 2 13 61

Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2071, Delphi Classics