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A good man does his fellow a favor for no reason save that he is a good man.
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Whoso asks forgiveness from a friend
should not plead more than thrice.
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Who belittles his friend lacks wit.
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Wealth makes many friends.
ID:656
A faithful friend is a powerful defence;
he that has found such a one has found a treasure.
ID:657
Forsake not an old friend, for the new one is not his peer! A new friend is as new wine: when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure.
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Do not cast out an old friend for a new one!
ID:659
Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away;
and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection.
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A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
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A friendless man is like a right hand without the left.
ID:662
There is no treasure like friends.
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Friends are of three kinds: one like food which one cannot do without; one like medicine which you may need now and then; and one like pestilence which no one needs at all.
ID:665
The eye of the needle is not too narrow for two friends and the vastness of the world not enough for two enemies.
ID:666
A man may hide himself from his enemies,
but not from his friends.
ID:669
Your true friend is the one that knows your faults
and yet will love you.
ID:685
Press not your friend to dine with you when you know that he dines not, nor offer him many gifts when you know that he accepts them not!
ID:687
If you give your friend a gift, you should tell him.
ID:688
Who welcomes his friend with a smile
is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world.
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Who eats even plain bread and salt with his friend
should be grateful to him.
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Who raises his hand against a friend is wicked
even if he does not strike him.
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If your friend did you a little good, let it be large in your sight! If he did you much harm, think it a trifle!
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No man knows what is in his friend's heart.
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Who keeps quiet and does not call on his friends for help in trouble will be answerable for the consequences himself.
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Who is the greatest of heroes?
He that makes his foe his friend.
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If you are jealous of your friend,
he flourishes and you fall.