Famous aphorisms about friendship

Those who attribute friendship to interests, I think, have written off the most precious thing in friendship. (Rome) Cicero

Some people are complimentary to you, but they are not friends in need. (English) Shakespeare

The ungrateful person who is in trouble is Cannot be saved. (Greece) Aesop

Friendship is really the most sacred thing, not only worthy of special admiration, but worthy of eternal praise (Italian) Boccaccio

The villain who follows the crowd must not* **trouble! (English) Byron

If you are wise, do not regard that person as a friend if he has a close friendship with your enemy. (Persian) Saadi

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. (Li) Kahlil Gibran

You know a friend in need. (Soviet) Lenin

When we are happy, our friends will know us; when we are in trouble, we will know our friends. (English) Collins

Friends who abandon you in an emergency cannot be trusted. (Greece) Aesop

Do not rely on gifts to gain friends. You must devote your sincere love and learn how to win someone's heart in the right way. (Greece) Soractes

It is better to choose friends carefully and to discard them even more carefully. (U.S.) Fulan Green

Knowing someone across the sea is as close as a neighbor to the end of the world. (Tang Dynasty) Wang Bo

We are both fallen people in the world, so why should we have known each other before. (Tang Dynasty) Bai Juyi

Don’t worry about the future. No one in the world knows you. (Tang Dynasty) Gao Shi

Nothing in the world is more pleasant than friends, and nothing more pleasant than talking about friends. (Qing Dynasty) Pu Songling

The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other, and the most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other. (Spring and Autumn Period) Mencius

Those who are close to vermillion are red, and those who are close to ink are black. (Western Jin Dynasty) Fu Xuan

Life is so precious that we know each other, so why use gold and money? (Tang Dynasty) Li Bai

When making friends, keep your word. (Spring and Autumn) Zixia

The friendship between commoners and civilians should not be forgotten. (Tang Dynasty) Li Yanshou

A gentleman and a gentleman are friends of the same way, and a villain is a friend of a villain who shares the same interests. (Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu

The joy of life lies in understanding each other. (Song Dynasty) Wang Anshi

It is better to dissolve enemies than to make knots. Everyone should look back. (Ming Dynasty) Feng Menglong

He is a hero in adversity. (Qing Dynasty) Wei Xi

Ten thousand taels of gold are easy to get, but it is hard to find a close friend. (Qing) Cao Xueqin

Change my heart for yours, and we will know and remember each other deeply.

(Song) Gu Xia