Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
No one would choose to live without friends, even if they had everything else.
In plain terms
Friends are more important than any other good in life.
What can you take from it?
Value relationships above material goods.

Where it applies

  • loneliness
  • community building
  • life choice

Putting it to work

  • prioritize friends
  • invest in people

Questions to consider

  • Who is essential to your life?
  • Can you live alone happily?

Another view

Some people live without friends.

More from Aristotle

  1. We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

    Permalink to quote #56
  2. When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

    Permalink to quote #58
  3. Any one can get angry - that is easy - or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motiv…

    Permalink to quote #55

Related quotes

  1. We shall lodge at the sign of the Grave, you say; Well, the road is a long one we trudge, my friend, So why should we grieve at the break of the day? Let us si…

    Percy AddleshawPercy Addleshaw quote #2
  2. A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend; and he's a priest.

    Erma BombeckErma Bombeck quote #3
  3. From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends.

    Hilaire BellocHilaire Belloc quote #3