What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
35 quotations, from C.S. Lewis, Aristotle and others, each checked for who actually said it.
What writers have said about friends and friendship, from Aristotle to the present.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.
True friends stab you in the front.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Friends are the family you choose.
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Get the appVerses and attributions checked against the poets' published collections; lines that circulate online under famous names but are not theirs have been left out. Translations prepared and checked by MyByteNest. Updated 1 October 2026. Spot an error? Tell us.