Two Friends quotes
35 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend."
"Some friends leave footprints in your heart"
"When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments."
"Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you."
"The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way, sometimes stand and admit their perplexity in silence. (O Pioneers!)"
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"Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired."
"I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends."
"Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong."
"When two friends are in the mood to chat, we have to go about it in a gentler and more dialectical way. By 'more dialectical,' I mean not only that we give real responses, but that we base our responses solely on what the interlocutor admits that he himself knows."
"It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred."
