Quotes about company

"Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art."

Cervantes, Miguel De on company   

"For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention."

Chesterfield, Lord on company   

"We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way."

Colby, Frank Moore on company   

"Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine."

Dickens, Charles on company
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"A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine."

Gay, John on company   

"It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate."

Hawthorne, Nathaniel on company   

"A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage."

Hazlitt, William on company   

"If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on company   

"Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle."

Lichtenberg, Georg C. on company   

"If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there."

Peters, Thomas J. on company   

"The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness."

Plowright, David on company   

"You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing."

Ross, Steve on company   

"Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me."

Shakespeare, William on company   

"We've got a lemon factory and we're turning out 80-85 percent lemons."

Shanker, Albert on company   

"There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on company
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"You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on company   

"I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls."

Thoreau, Henry David on company   

"More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery."

Traherne, Thomas on company
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"People are know by the company they keep. Companies are known by the people they keep."

Unknown, Source on company   

"I tend to prefer the company of individuals, not so much that of people."

Belmont, John on company