11 Aristotle Quotes on Friendship

Aristotle quotes on friendship

4. Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

42. Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

57. Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

58. When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.

77. To the query, 'What is a friend?' his reply was 'A single soul dwelling in two bodies.'

78. A friend is a second self.

97. Friendship is essentially a partnership.

106. In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

120. My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

166. Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

172. Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.