Full Idea
Just as if people wish to be healthy they do not become healthy, so if they wish to be friends they are not immediately in fact friends. …[1237b40] For a friend is not to be had without a test or in a single day, but needs time.
Gist of Idea
Friendship cannot be immediate; it takes time, and needs testing
Source
Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1237b21)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2021], p.118
A Reaction
The voice of experience, I think. Obviously trust is basic, and it would be unwise to trust a possible friend on the first day. Since politics aims at friendship, I presume the support of the rule of law helps to achieve trust.
Related Ideas
Idea 23916 The best cure for mutual injustice is friendship [Aristotle]
Idea 23915 The main function of politics is to produce friendship [Aristotle]