"Like the hand that instantly catches a slipping garment, true friendship rushes to relieve distress."
Thiruvalluvar
11 FAMOUS QUOTES · TRUE FRIENDSHIP
Read 11 famous true friendship quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Like the hand that instantly catches a slipping garment, true friendship rushes to relieve distress."
Thiruvalluvar
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”Aristotle
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
Seneca
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
Kahlil Gibran
“True friendship is like the hand that instantly catches a slipping garment.”
Thiruvalluvar
“Friendship is not for laughing together, but for rebuking when one goes astray.”
Thiruvalluvar
“Friendship is not mere smiles on the face; it is the love that smiles from deep within the heart.”
Thiruvalluvar
“The friendship of the noble is as tasteless as water; the friendship of the petty is as sweet as wine.”Zhuangzi
“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”
Kahlil Gibran
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
Thomas Aquinas
“Friendship can exist only between good men.”
Cicero