Confidants Quotes (7 quotes)

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Selfish Genie: A Satirical Essay on Altruism

tags: altruism, associate, associates, buddies, buddy, charity, companion, companions, companionship, compassion, confidant, confidants, denial, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, gene, genes, genie, ghandi, humanity, humor, humour, mahatma-ghandi, mandela, mate, mates, mercy, mother-teresa, nelson-mandela, pal, pals, partner, partners, past, philosopher, philosophy, satire, satirist, selfish, selfishness, selfless, selflessness, separation, social-criticism, sympathy, teresa, the-past, unselfish, unselfishness

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“Her quiet and kind listening had made it possible to speak his thoughts aloud, and sometimes it was only when he spoke his thoughts that he knew he had them. It was surprising how a man’s mind might remain half in shadow until the right confidant appeared, and Maud had been that confidant.”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

tags: confidants, listening

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“We seldom look up to the person; we usually look up to their persona.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: admiration, admire, adviser, advisers, aphorism, aphorisms, aphorist, aphorists, confidant, confidante, confidantes, confidants, consultant, consultants, counselor, counselors, esteem, funny, guide, guides, guru, gurus, hilarious, humor, humorous, humour, impression, joke, jokes, look-up-to, mentor, mentors, mentorship, persona, quotations, quotes, respect, revere, reverence, role-model, role-models, satire, venerate, veneration

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“We ought to readily share our successes with those with whom we readily share our problems.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: confidant, confidants, failure, fake-friends, family, friends, shoulder-to-cry-on, success, true-friends, when-days-are-dark

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“Good friends are like a winning lottery ticket, wonderful to have but painful to lose.”
― Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time

tags: amigos, companions, companionship, comrades, confidantes, confidants, friends, friendship-quotes, soulmate, soulmates

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“Some confidants have wings and a beak, or four legs and a tail.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, On Friendship: A Satirical Essay

tags: a-shoulder-to-cry-on, animals, confidant, confidants, dog, friend, friends, friendship, man-s-best-friend, misanthropy

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“We often want to hear, not what is true, but what we want to hear.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, On Friendship: A Satirical Essay

tags: advice, confidant, confidants, friend, friends, friendship, lie, lies, true, truth

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