33 Really Famous French Quotes About Family and Friendship

Family and friends are the most important pillars of our lives. They not only support us and help us sail through the difficulties of life, but are also a constant source of love and happiness. They are our honest and unbiased critics who always wish for our well-being. How often do we spare time for them? How often do we tell them how special they are?

For their unconditional love and support, we can never thank them enough. We may not find the right time or the right words to tell them what they mean to us, and how precious they are. In this Quotabulary article, we have compiled some sayings in the French language which talk about the importance of family and friends in our lives. These quotes about family ties and friendship, have been a part of French culture since long and are still in use.

<< L'amour d'une famille est plus grande bénédiction mortes.
>> Life's greatest blessing is a loving family.

<< D'autres choses peuvent nous changer, mais nous commencer et finir comme une famille.
>> Other things may change us, but we start and end as family.

<< Un frère ne peut pas être un ami, mais un ami sera toujours un frère.
>> A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

<< Que disent les enfants, qu'ils ont entendu à la maison.
>> What children say, they have heard at home.

<< Un père est plus d'une centaine de maîtres d'école.
>> A father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

<< Un père est un trésor; un frère est un confort; un ami est à la fois.
>> A father is a treasure; a brother provides comfort; a friend is both.

<< Toutes les familles heureuses se ressemblent; chaque famille malheureuse est malheureuse à sa manière.
>> All happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

<< Tel père, tel fils.
>> Like father, like son.

<< L'union fait la force.
>> Unity is strength.

<< Qui se marie à la hâte se repent à loisir.
>> Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

<< On dit voir les enfants et non pas les entendre.
>> Children should be seen and not heard.

<< La famille avant tout.
>> Family comes first.

<< Notre famille est un jeune arbre qui n'arrête pas de grandir.
>> We are a green and growing family tree.

<< Notre famille est un cercle de force et d'amour. À chaque naissance, à chaque union le cercle s'agrandit. À chaque crise que nous affrontons, il se renforce.
>> Our family is a circle of strength and love with every birth and every union the circle grows. In every crisis we face, it strengthens.

<< Vos pieds quitteront le foyer mais pas votre coeur.
>> Home is where your feet may leave, but not your heart.

<< Le plus beau cadeau qu'on m'ait jamais offert vient de Dieu... c'est notre famille.
>> The best gift I received from God is our family.

<< Un bon rire est comme le soleil dans une maison.
>> A good laugh is the real sunshine in a house.

<< La famille, c'est avoir quelqu'un à aimer. Le foyer, c'est avoir un endroit où aller. La bénédiction, c'est d'avoir les deux.
>> Having someone to love is family, having somewhere to go is home, having both is a blessing.

<< L'ornement d'une maison ce sont les amis qui la fréquentent.
>> The friends who frequently visit a house, are its ornaments.

<< C'est trop d'un ennemi et pas assez de cent amis.
>> Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many.

<< L'amitié, comme le vin, se bonifie avec le temps.
>> Friendship, like wine, gets better with time.

<< Faites-vous des amis prompts à vous censurer.
>> Make friends with those who would be quick to criticize you.

<< Au besoin on connaît l'ami.
>> When need comes one knows one's friend.

<< Les bons comptes font les bons amis.
>> If you borrow something from a friend, to remain in good terms with him, make sure that you return it as soon as possible.

<< Ami de tous, ami de personne.
>> Friend to all, no friend. (meaning, 'you should stay away from overly nice people.')

<< C'est dans le besoin qu'on reconnaît ses vrais amis.
>> A friend in need is a friend indeed.

<< Offrir l'amitié à qui veut l'amour, c'est donner du pain à qui meurt de soif.
>> Offering friendship to a person who needs love is similar to offering food to someone who's dying of thirst.

<< Mes amis sont ma richesse.
>> My friends are my wealth.

<< Amitié dans la peine, amitié certaine.
>> A friendship in trouble is true friendship. (Could also be used to mean, 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'.)

<< Cuisine mangée, amis dispersés.
>> When good cheer is lacking, friends will be packing.

<< Même les meilleurs amis doivent se séparer.
>> Even the best of friends must part.

<< Dis-moi qui tu fréquentes, je te dirai qui tu es.
>> Tell me who your friends are, I will tell you who you are. (meaning, 'A man is known by the company he keeps.')