The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.
Birthday Quotes
Birthday quotes here lean towards reflection rather than celebration. The page is built from the pages on age, time, friendship and happiness, and Shakespeare has the most entries, then Byron, Edward Young and Longfellow.
That is useful if you want something thoughtful for a milestone birthday and less so for a card with balloons on it. The funny ones are on the Funny page. A warning on the friendship quotes: “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” is not from Sun Tzu, and “Time flies like an arrow” was not said by Groucho Marx. Both are flagged here.
Most quoted on birthday:
Another of his sayings was, that education was the best viaticum of old age.
The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
Everything is sad and ridiculous in old age. Even the fear of death.
The exchange will always deepen, even if the friendship does not.
Your friendship will be very important to someone today, so give yourself time to be a good friend.
"Three words sum up my journey: "Friendship, Love, and God"."
For friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
For to like the same things and to dislike the same things, only this is a strong friendship.