Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Business can generate profit, but friendship rarely brings money.
- In plain terms
- Friendship does not make money like business.
- What can you take from it?
- Friendship and profit have different goals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can friendship include business?
- Is money a measure of friendship?
Another view
Ignores mutual financial support among friends.
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