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friend quotes

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“In the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Friendship
“Who did the deed the under-world knows well: A friend in word is never friend of mine.” Sophocles, Antigone
“In a cold as in a hot war it pays to know the enemy — not least because at some time in the future you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.” Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years
“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“Friendly counsel cuts off many foes.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1
“Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“Some people are nobody's enemies but their own, yer know.” Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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William Shakespeare (1)
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Margaret Thatcher (1)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1)
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On Friendship (1)
The Scarlet Letter (1)
Following the Equator (1)
Oliver Twist (1)
Antigone (1)
The Downing Street Years (1)
Henry VI, Part 1 (1)