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There are three friends who benefit and three friends who suffer. Friends are frank, friends forgive and friends listen more, which is beneficial. Friends make friends, friendly and soft, and friends will be destroyed and damaged. -"The Analects of Confucius"

Ceng Zi said, "I visit three times a day, and I am unfaithful to others. I don't believe in making friends and I'm not used to it. " -"Learning the Analects of Confucius"

Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? -"Learning the Analects of Confucius"

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Francis Bacon has an article "On Friendship", which is included in his prose collection (or translated into Bacon's prose collection). The general meaning is:

The 1 function of friendship: it can vent people's resentment and depression.

The second function of friendship: guarding and cultivating (which should mean guarding and cultivating, the books at hand are relatively early, and some words are rare now) and dominating reason, just like the first function of guarding and cultivating and dominating feelings.

The first two are "peace of mind and intellectual assistance", and the third is: friends help and participate in a person's various behaviors and needs.

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Cicero (an ancient Greek philosopher) also wrote an article on Friendship, which is very long. Lz, if you are interested, you can watch it yourself. Excerpts from common aphorisms are as follows:

The purely natural relationship that unites mankind has no boundaries, but this friendship is very concentrated. It is confined to a very narrow range, and only two people, or at most only a few people, can share this feeling.

Some people think that virtue is the best thing. This is of course a lofty view. However, the virtue they say is the incubator and protector of friendship; Without virtue, friendship cannot exist.

Friendship, by its nature, cannot tolerate any falsehood; by its nature, it is sincere and spontaneous. Therefore, in my opinion, friendship comes from a natural impulse, not a desire for help: from a spiritual tendency (which is combined with a natural feeling of love), not from a careful calculation of the possible material benefits.

We don't do charity to get others' gratitude. We don't regard charity as an investment, but follow a generous nature. Similarly, we regard friendship as something worth taking. We are not interested in it because we hope it will be rewarded in the future, but we firmly believe that what it can give us is always contained in the emotion itself.

Therefore, we regard this as the first rule of friendship: we only ask our friends to do good deeds, and we only do good deeds for our friends. But let's not wait for others to ask us to do it: always do it enthusiastically and actively, and don't hesitate. We should have the courage to make suggestions frankly. In friendship, let friends who can give advice exert the greatest influence; Suggestions that produce this effect should not only be frank, but also be sharp if the situation requires; When friends give you such advice, they should listen.

Good people always show two characteristics in their attitude towards their friends. First, he is not hypocritical at all, because straightforward people would rather openly express their disgust than pretend to be smiling to show their true feelings. Second, when a friend is accused by others, he not only refutes it, but also does not doubt it himself, or he always thinks that his friend will never do anything wrong.

Virtue is also a virtue. It not only creates friendship, but also keeps it. The consistency, loyalty and loyalty of interests all depend on this. When virtue stands out and radiates its own light, when another person also radiates the same light, the two complement each other and attract each other, thus emitting a passion. You can call it "love" or "friendship" if you like.