"far" doesn't have the right sense. The punctuation also seems a bit wonky. " Though not actually ungrammatical, the two instances of the word "is" are unnecessary and, to me, make the sentence sound rather old-fashioned.
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Mr Wordy"The more (is) the distance in friendship, the more you move closer, but the more (is) the distance in love, the more you move apart."
james do"The more the distance in friendship (is), the closer you move, but the more the distance in love (is), the more you move apart."Inserting "is" at these points is not very natural. The usual pattern of such sentences does not include the word "is". Here are some similar examples: