
“Better to have one friend of great value, than many friends who were good for nothing.”
As quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, as translated by C. D. Yonge, (1853), "Anacharsis" sect. 5, p. 48
Anarcharsis, 5.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers
“Better to have one friend of great value, than many friends who were good for nothing.”
As quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, as translated by C. D. Yonge, (1853), "Anacharsis" sect. 5, p. 48
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.”
“Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.”
Turmel vows to stay on until NDP chooses leader http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/23/pol-ndp-turmel.html, August 23, 2011.
“Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.”
Source: Firefly Lane
“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”
Source: Tender is the Night
“I think we were better as friends than husband and wife.”
On her relationship with Ibrahim Moussa, as quoted in Cameron Docherty, Interview: Nastassja Kinski - Still a daddy's girl, The Independent, September 26, 1997