Friendship, along with personal relationships and love, is one of the most important values in human life. Moreover, the complexity of friendly relations and the meticulousness of building them are not exclusively problems of our time, but issues that worried people in past centuries. So what are the sayings and proverbs about friendship and friends?
The most famous and popular folk wisdom
"Two cats in one sack cannot make friendship" and "Two swords in the same legs are difficult to get along with."
"Money will always find a friend, and money will always find a friend."
"For a faithful friend, everything is not so tight", "It is not difficult for a friend to get out of the plow", "For a friend, fasting is allowed" and "For a friend, there is no circle."
"For a good friend, seven miles is not a outskirts."
“For a dear friend and an earring can be given out of the ear”, “A kind brotherhood is less than any wealth”, “A good friend is not at the end of his hands” and “A path together, but tobacco is always half-and-half”.
"A faithful friend is more valuable than any money."
"A friend, for the time being, is the same enemy."
"He will set up a tower to each other, but he will set up a coffin for an enemy to an enemy."
"A loyal friend and loyal brother is a great thing: you won't get them soon."
This statement is very true, since building real friendships is very difficult.
"A friend, if untested, that a nut is not chopped", "A real friend is known only in misfortune", "A faithful friend is known in time and in case of trouble."
There is also a very funny saying - "Friend of the heart, it's all the same that a baked cockroach!"
“Keeping a friend is not as unprofitable as a wife”, “Look for a faithful friend, but if you find him, take care of him”, “Money cannot buy a friend”, “To recognize a friend, you need to eat a pound of salt together.”
The last proverb has another version, in which the pood is replaced by the word "kul".
Lesser known proverbs and sayings about friends and friendship
"A friend to be good is like annoying oneself."
"Friendship, friendship, strife, but even throw the other into the river."
"Friendship is not a service, but who to be friends is to serve."
The following "friendly" proverbs are also very apt - "Friendship lives close from unfriendliness", "To lead friendship - you can't spare yourself", "Make friends, and keep a knife in your bosom", "There are a lot of friends, but there are no real friends ".
"Straight friends are like family brothers."
“The poor know both friend and foe”, “You cannot recognize a friend without misfortune”, “Without a friend, a man is an orphan, and with a friend - a family man”, “Without a friend Ivashka, it’s not happiness to drink a foamy mash”, “A rich man does not recognize a friend. A rich man knows neither truth nor friendship "," There is no more that love, as a friend dies for his friend."
"Be a friend, but without any loss" or "Be a friend, but better not suddenly."
"I was with a friend, I drank water sweeter than honey" or "Truth is only in friendship."
"There is an arrow in the foe, what's in the stump, and in the friend, what's in me", "Sometimes speaking the truth is to lose friendship", "If you don't agree with the custom, then there will be no friendship."
