Francois de La Rochefoucauld Friendship Quotes

What did Francois de La Rochefoucauld say about Friendship?

Francois de La Rochefoucauld has written many quotes about Friendship. E.g.,

• What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
• A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
• However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

What are the top most famous Friendship quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Friendship by Francois de La Rochefoucauld.

• What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
• A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
• However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
• If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
• In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.