A true Friend unbosomes freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends couragiously, and continues a Friend unchangeably.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Some Fruits of Solitude (1693), maxim 105; Complete maxim105, checked against Oxford Text Archive’s transcription of the1693 edition. Original spelling and capitalization retained; only line-break hyphenation removed.
- Some Fruits of Solitude (1693), maxim 105
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