A Quote by Rabindranath Tagore

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Friendship Acquaintance Depend Depth Does Length

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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian - Poet
May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941

Long enough I had heard of irrelevant things; now at length I was glad to make acquaintance with the light that dwells in rotten wood. Where is all your knowledge gone to? It evaporates completely, for it has no depth.

Henry David Thoreau

one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable.

Helen Clark MacInnes

The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed.

Anna Garlin Spencer

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

Eugene Kennedy

In contrast to the values of morality, which depend on and encourage our similarities to each other, values like friendship or beauty depend on and encourage our differences. Ultimately, friendship is essential to our fashioning ourselves in ways that don't simply repeat the fashions of our surroundings: it is a mechanism of individuality.

Alexander Nehamas

No matter what he does, one always forgives him. It does not depend upon looks, either – although this actual person is abominably good-looking – it does not depend upon intelligence or character or – anything – as you say, it is just it.

Elinor Glyn

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Henry David Thoreau

I knew I wanted to write about female friendship. I've got a few friends I've known since we were teenagers, who have spanned the decades, and I do find that a fascinating thing, that friendship can last that length of time.

Ruth Jones

Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship

Anne Bronte

I don't think life offers any greater experience than the joyful sense of recognition when one finds in a new acquaintance a real friend, or when an old relationship deepens into friendship, or when one finds an old friendship intact despite the passage of years and many absences.

Abigail McCarthy

A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Oscar Wilde

What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.