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No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.
(Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Lysis, 212 D....)
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A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.
(Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 3, p. 226, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Dawn, "Fourth Book," aphorism 313, "A Friend We no Longer Want," (1881).)
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A friend should bear his friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Cassius, in Julius Caesar, act 4, sc. 3, l. 86-7.)
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A friend in power is a friend lost.
(Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), U.S. historian. The Education of Henry Adams, ch. 7 (1907).
Referring to the rupture with Senator Charles Sumner.)
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A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.
(Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), British novelist. Third edition, London (1751). Anna Howe, in Clarissa, vol. 2, p. 15, AMS Press (1990).)
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Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
(Agatha Christie (1890-1976), British mystery writer. Hercule Poirot, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, ch. 11 (1920).)
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Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
(Leo Robin (b. 1900), U.S. songwriter. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (song), Gentleman Prefer Blondes (stage show 1949; film 1953).)
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My noble friend, chew upon this.
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Brutus, in Julius Caesar, act 1, sc. 2, l. 171.
To Cassius; "chew" means ruminate, reflect.)
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A fav'rite has no friend!
(Thomas Gray (1716-1771), British poet. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat.)
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"Friend"Mthe finest word in any language.
(Talbot Jennings (1896-1985), U.S. screenwriter, Jules Furthman (1888-1960), U.S. screenwriter, and Carey Wilson (1889-1962), U.S. screenwriter. Byam (Franchot Tone), Mutiny On The Bounty, after hearing the Tahitian word for friend from Hitihiti (William Bambridge) (1935).)
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