Full Idea
Rare though true love may be, true friendship is rarer still.
Gist of Idea
True friendship is even rarer than true love
Source
La Rochefoucauld (Maxims [1663], 473)
Book Reference
Rochefoucauld,La: 'Maxims' [Penguin 1959], p.92
A Reaction
This seems to be true. Our culture doesn't encourage friendship as a high ideal. Are women better at friendship than men? Which culture, past or present, led to the greatest flourishing of friendship? Epicurus's Garden?