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Birthday quotes for friends

Hand-picked Birthday quotes for friends quotes with clean attributions and practical context. Includes lines from Ausonius and related voices.

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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

Ausonius

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you do not mind, it does not matter.

Satchel Paige

Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

Dr. Seuss

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Oprah Winfrey

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

John Lennon

Friends are the family you choose.

Jess C. Scott

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.

Jane Austen

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.

C.S. Lewis

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