Quotations By Subject : Friendship

Quotations By Subject : Friendship Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back. Adversity does teach who your real friends are. Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances. All people want is someone to listen. Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship. A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling. He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. Friends have all things in common. It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of. The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better. There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time. If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.