There is no human bond that has been celebrated more than friendship. Perhaps it is the only one to which no negative connotation can be attached. A friend, for every person, is the link that connects us to the whole. A companion in adventure, an ally in adversity, and a counselor in difficulty.

They are a source of inspiration, a provider of joy, a pump of sorrow. They know how to double the laughter and cut the tears in half; to stretch time without wasting it, and to deepen at the same time the meaning of our existence.

Friendships have always occupied and continue to occupy all of us, for life without them is unthinkable. From Sophocles, Euripides, and Cicero to Van Gogh, Billie Holiday, or Albert Camus, from well-known thinkers and artists to unknown philosophers of everyday life, great sayings about friendship have been written or spoken, which are gathered in this calendar to always remind us of the values of coexistence, solidarity, and mutual hope.